Colour

#4C4A00

#4C4A00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4C4A00 is a yellow with RGB values 76, 74, 0 and HSL 58°, 100%, 15%. 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

#4C4A00#4C4A00

HEX#4C4A00

RGBrgb(76, 74, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.2902, 0

RGB percentages29.8%, 29%, 0%

HSLhsl(58.4, 100%, 14.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.4, 100%, 29.8%)

CMYK0%, 2.6%, 100%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,999,680

CSS custom property--colour: #4C4A00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.18:1

Contrast with white9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#B3B5FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#534907no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#53443Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.1 Olive · ΔE 28.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 33.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 35 Dark green · ΔE 36.2 Sienna · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00024C

Analogous#4C2400, #284C00

Triadic#004C4A, #4A004C

Split complementary#00284C, #24004C

Tetradic#004C24, #00024C, #4C0028

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF919

Lighter +30%#E5DF00

Lighter +20%#B2AD00

Lighter +10%#7F7C00

Darker −10%#191800

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4C4A00

Less saturated −25%#42410A

Channel breakdown

R76

G74

Red76 (29.8%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue58.42°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness14.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4C · G 4A · B 00

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