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Recognised as Colour

#4C420E

  • #4C420E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4C420E is a yellow with RGB values 76, 66, 14 and HSL 50°, 69%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#4C420E#4C420E
HEX#4C420E
RGBrgb(76, 66, 14)
RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.2588, 0.0549
RGB percentages29.8%, 25.9%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(50.3, 68.9%, 17.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CMYK0%, 13.2%, 81.6%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,997,646
CSS custom property--colour: #4C420E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.03:1
Contrast with white10.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#B3BDF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#494006no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4C4411no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#533C38no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.8Saddle brown · ΔE 31.8Dim grey · ΔE 35.4Sienna · ΔE 35.6Olive · ΔE 36.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 21.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0E184C
Analogous#4C230E, #374C0E
Triadic#0E4C42, #420E4C
Split complementary#0E374C, #230E4C
Tetradic#0E4C23, #0E184C, #4C0E37

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDC549
Lighter +30%#CDB226
Lighter +20%#A28D1E
Lighter +10%#776716
Darker −10%#211D06
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#574A03
Less saturated −25%#413A19

Channel breakdown

R76
G66
B14
Red76 (29.8%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue50.32°
Saturation (HSL)68.89%
Lightness17.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 4C · G 42 · B 0E

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