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Recognised as Colour

#4C4835

  • #4C4835
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#4C4835 is a yellow with RGB values 76, 72, 53 and HSL 50°, 18%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#4C4835#4C4835
HEX#4C4835
RGBrgb(76, 72, 53)
RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.2824, 0.2078
RGB percentages29.8%, 28.2%, 20.8%
HSLhsl(49.6, 17.8%, 25.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 30.3%, 29.8%)
CMYK0%, 5.3%, 30.3%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,999,221
CSS custom property--colour: #4C4835;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.19:1
Contrast with white9.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#B3B7CA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4C4734no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D4836no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#504543no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 18.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.6Gray · ΔE 26.1Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.8Slate grey · ΔE 31.8Black · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 18.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#35394C
Analogous#4C3D35, #444C35
Triadic#354C48, #48354C
Split complementary#35444C, #3D354C
Tetradic#354C3D, #35394C, #4C3544

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6B197
Lighter +30%#A19A79
Lighter +20%#88815F
Lighter +10%#6A644A
Darker −10%#2E2C20
Darker −20%#100F0B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5C5325
Less saturated −25%#414141

Channel breakdown

R76
G72
B53
Red76 (29.8%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue53 (20.8%)
Hue49.57°
Saturation (HSL)17.83%
Lightness25.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 4C · G 48 · B 35

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