Colour

#4B4909

#4B4909
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4B4909 is a yellow with RGB values 75, 73, 9 and HSL 58°, 79%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4B4909

RGBrgb(75, 73, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.2863, 0.0353

RGB percentages29.4%, 28.6%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(58.2, 78.6%, 16.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.2, 88%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 2.7%, 88%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,933,897

CSS custom property--colour: #4B4909;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.31:1

Contrast with white9.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#B4B6F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#504600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#51480Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#51433Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.3 Olive · ΔE 31.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 35.4 Dark green · ΔE 37.2 Dim grey · ΔE 38.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#090B4B

Analogous#4B2809, #2C4B09

Triadic#094B49, #49094B

Split complementary#092C4B, #28094B

Tetradic#094B28, #090B4B, #4B092C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7E239

Lighter +30%#D4CE19

Lighter +20%#A6A214

Lighter +10%#79750E

Darker −10%#1D1D04

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#545100

Less saturated −25%#413F13

Channel breakdown

R75

G73

Red75 (29.4%)

Green73 (28.6%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue58.18°

Saturation (HSL)78.57%

Lightness16.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 49 · B 09

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