Colour

#4D420E

#4D420E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4D420E is a yellow with RGB values 77, 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

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HEX#4D420E

RGBrgb(77, 66, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.2588, 0.0549

RGB percentages30.2%, 25.9%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(49.5, 69.2%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 81.8%, 30.2%)

CMYK0%, 14.3%, 81.8%, 69.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,063,182

CSS custom property--colour: #4D420E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.99:1

Contrast with white9.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#B2BDF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4006no 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 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#543C38no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.2 Sienna · ΔE 35.1 Dim grey · ΔE 35.5 Olive · ΔE 36.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 22.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E194D

Analogous#4D220E, #394D0E

Triadic#0E4D42, #420E4D

Split complementary#0E394D, #220E4D

Tetradic#0E4D22, #0E194D, #4D0E39

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DEC449

Lighter +30%#CEB126

Lighter +20%#A38C1E

Lighter +10%#786716

Darker −10%#221D06

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#584903

Less saturated −25%#423B19

Channel breakdown

R77

G66

B14

Red77 (30.2%)

Green66 (25.9%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue49.52°

Saturation (HSL)69.23%

Lightness17.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4D · G 42 · B 0E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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