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Recognised as Colour

#4B4923

  • #4B4923
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4B4923 is a yellow with RGB values 75, 73, 35 and HSL 57°, 36%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#4B4923#4B4923
HEX#4B4923
RGBrgb(75, 73, 35)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.2863, 0.1373
RGB percentages29.4%, 28.6%, 13.7%
HSLhsl(57, 36.4%, 21.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(57, 53.3%, 29.4%)
CMYK0%, 2.7%, 53.3%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,933,923
CSS custom property--colour: #4B4923;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06382WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.22:1
Contrast with white9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#B4B6DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F4620no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#504825no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#504540no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.4Dim grey · ΔE 27.4Gray · ΔE 33Saddle brown · ΔE 37.3Black · ΔE 38.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#23254B
Analogous#4B3523, #394B23
Triadic#234B49, #49234B
Split complementary#23394B, #35234B
Tetradic#234B35, #23254B, #4B2339

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1BD79
Lighter +30%#B0AC57
Lighter +20%#918D43
Lighter +10%#6E6B33
Darker −10%#282713
Darker −20%#050503
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#595515
Less saturated −25%#3D3D31

Channel breakdown

R75
G73
B35
Red75 (29.4%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue35 (13.7%)
Hue57°
Saturation (HSL)36.36%
Lightness21.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 4B · G 49 · B 23

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