Colour

#4B480E

#4B480E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4B480E is a yellow with RGB values 75, 72, 14 and HSL 57°, 69%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4B480E

RGBrgb(75, 72, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.2824, 0.0549

RGB percentages29.4%, 28.2%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(57, 68.5%, 17.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57, 81.3%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 4%, 81.3%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,933,646

CSS custom property--colour: #4B480E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.41:1

Contrast with white9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#B4B7F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4F4504no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#504712no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#51433Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.7 Olive · ΔE 33 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.7 Dim grey · ΔE 36.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 37 Dark slate grey · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0E114B

Analogous#4B290E, #304B0E

Triadic#0E4B48, #480E4B

Split complementary#0E304B, #290E4B

Tetradic#0E4B29, #0E114B, #4B0E30

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DDD648

Lighter +30%#CCC426

Lighter +20%#A19B1E

Lighter +10%#767116

Darker −10%#201F06

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#565203

Less saturated −25%#403E19

Channel breakdown

R75

G72

B14

Red75 (29.4%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue57.05°

Saturation (HSL)68.54%

Lightness17.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 48 · B 0E

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Colour values

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