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Recognised as Colour

#4B4609

  • #4B4609
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4B4609 is a yellow with RGB values 75, 70, 9 and HSL 55°, 79%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#4B4609#4B4609
HEX#4B4609
RGBrgb(75, 70, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.2745, 0.0353
RGB percentages29.4%, 27.5%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(55.5, 78.6%, 16.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.5, 88%, 29.4%)
CMYK0%, 6.7%, 88%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,933,129
CSS custom property--colour: #4B4609;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05896WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.64:1
Contrast with white9.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#B4B9F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D4300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F460Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#51403Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19Olive · ΔE 32.8Saddle brown · ΔE 33.7Olivedrab · ΔE 37.5Sienna · ΔE 37.8Dim grey · ΔE 37.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#090E4B
Analogous#4B2509, #2F4B09
Triadic#094B46, #46094B
Split complementary#092F4B, #25094B
Tetradic#094B25, #090E4B, #4B092F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7DA39
Lighter +30%#D4C519
Lighter +20%#A69B14
Lighter +10%#79710E
Darker −10%#1D1B04
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#544E00
Less saturated −25%#413D13

Channel breakdown

R75
G70
B9
Red75 (29.4%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue55.45°
Saturation (HSL)78.57%
Lightness16.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 4B · G 46 · B 09

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