Colour

#4D4523

#4D4523
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4D4523 is a yellow with RGB values 77, 69, 35 and HSL 49°, 37%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4D4523

RGBrgb(77, 69, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.2706, 0.1373

RGB percentages30.2%, 27.1%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(48.6, 37.5%, 22%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 54.5%, 30.2%)

CMYK0%, 10.4%, 54.5%, 69.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,063,971

CSS custom property--colour: #4D4523;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.58:1

Contrast with white9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#B2BADC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B4320no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D4624no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#53403Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.1 Dim grey · ΔE 26.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.2 Gray · ΔE 32.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.3 Black · ΔE 36.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 23.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#232B4D

Analogous#4D3023, #404D23

Triadic#234D45, #45234D

Split complementary#23404D, #30234D

Tetradic#234D30, #232B4D, #4D2340

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C2B57A

Lighter +30%#B2A157

Lighter +20%#938443

Lighter +10%#706433

Darker −10%#2A2613

Darker −20%#070603

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5B4E15

Less saturated −25%#3F3C31

Channel breakdown

R77

G69

B35

Red77 (30.2%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue48.57°

Saturation (HSL)37.5%

Lightness21.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4D · G 45 · B 23

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