Recognised as Colour

#4D4315

#4D4315
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4D4315 is a yellow with RGB values 77, 67, 21 and HSL 49°, 57%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#4D4315#4D4315

HEX#4D4315

RGBrgb(77, 67, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.2627, 0.0824

RGB percentages30.2%, 26.3%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(49.3, 57.1%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 72.7%, 30.2%)

CMYK0%, 13%, 72.7%, 69.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,063,445

CSS custom property--colour: #4D4315;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05646WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.86:1

Contrast with white9.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#B2BCEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A410Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D4517no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#533E39no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.3 Dim grey · ΔE 32.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.8 Sienna · ΔE 35.5 Gray · ΔE 38

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 21.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#151F4D

Analogous#4D2715, #3B4D15

Triadic#154D43, #43154D

Split complementary#153B4D, #27154D

Tetradic#154D27, #151F4D, #4D153B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D2BD5C

Lighter +30%#C5AC36

Lighter +20%#9D892B

Lighter +10%#756620

Darker −10%#25200A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#594B09

Less saturated −25%#413B21

Channel breakdown

R77

G67

B21

Red77 (30.2%)

Green67 (26.3%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue49.29°

Saturation (HSL)57.14%

Lightness19.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4D · G 43 · B 15

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#4D4315

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else