Colour

#4C4411

#4C4411
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4C4411 is a yellow with RGB values 76, 68, 17 and HSL 52°, 63%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4C4411

RGBrgb(76, 68, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.2667, 0.0667

RGB percentages29.8%, 26.7%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(51.9, 63.4%, 18.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 77.6%, 29.8%)

CMYK0%, 10.5%, 77.6%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,998,161

CSS custom property--colour: #4C4411;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05711WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.8:1

Contrast with white9.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#B3BBEE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B4209no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D4514no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#523F3Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.8 Dim grey · ΔE 34.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.4 Olive · ΔE 36.2 Sienna · ΔE 36.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#11194C

Analogous#4C2611, #374C11

Triadic#114C44, #44114C

Split complementary#11364C, #27114C

Tetradic#114C26, #11194C, #4C1136

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D8C651

Lighter +30%#C9B42D

Lighter +20%#9F8F24

Lighter +10%#76691A

Darker −10%#221F08

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#584C05

Less saturated −25%#403C1D

Channel breakdown

R76

G68

B17

Red76 (29.8%)

Green68 (26.7%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue51.86°

Saturation (HSL)63.44%

Lightness18.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4C · G 44 · B 11

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