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Recognised as Colour

#4C500E

  • #4C500E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4C500E is a yellow with RGB values 76, 80, 14 and HSL 64°, 70%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#4C500E#4C500E
HEX#4C500E
RGBrgb(76, 80, 14)
RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.3137, 0.0549
RGB percentages29.8%, 31.4%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(63.6, 70.2%, 18.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(63.6, 82.5%, 31.4%)
CMYK5%, 0%, 82.5%, 68.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,001,230
CSS custom property--colour: #4C500E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.53:1
Contrast with white8.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#B3AFF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#574C02no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#574D14no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Tritanopia#524B44no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 13.6Olive · ΔE 28.8Olivedrab · ΔE 31.6Dark green · ΔE 33.5Saddle brown · ΔE 37.9Sea green · ΔE 38
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 13.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#120E50
Analogous#50330E, #2B500E
Triadic#0E4C50, #500E4C
Split complementary#0E2B50, #330E50
Tetradic#0E5033, #120E50, #500E2B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6DF4B
Lighter +30%#C8D225
Lighter +20%#9EA71D
Lighter +10%#757B16
Darker −10%#232506
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#565C02
Less saturated −25%#42441A

Channel breakdown

R76
G80
B14
Red76 (29.8%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue63.64°
Saturation (HSL)70.21%
Lightness18.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4C · G 50 · B 0E

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