Recognised as Colour

#4C400A

#4C400A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4C400A is a yellow with RGB values 76, 64, 10 and HSL 49°, 77%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4C400A

RGBrgb(76, 64, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.251, 0.0392

RGB percentages29.8%, 25.1%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(49.1, 76.7%, 16.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 86.8%, 29.8%)

CMYK0%, 15.8%, 86.8%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,997,130

CSS custom property--colour: #4C400A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.27:1

Contrast with white10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#B3BFF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#483E01no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B420Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#533A36no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.7 Sienna · ΔE 34.8 Olive · ΔE 36.5 Dim grey · ΔE 36.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 23.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A164C

Analogous#4C1F0A, #374C0A

Triadic#0A4C40, #400A4C

Split complementary#0A374C, #1F0A4C

Tetradic#0A4C1F, #0A164C, #4C0A37

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5C73D

Lighter +30%#D3B21C

Lighter +20%#A68C16

Lighter +10%#796610

Darker −10%#1F1A04

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#564600

Less saturated −25%#413915

Channel breakdown

R76

G64

B10

Red76 (29.8%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)76.74%

Lightness16.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4C · G 40 · B 0A

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Colour harmonies

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