Colour

#4D4622

#4D4622
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4D4622 is a yellow with RGB values 77, 70, 34 and HSL 50°, 39%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4D4622

RGBrgb(77, 70, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.2745, 0.1333

RGB percentages30.2%, 27.5%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(50.2, 38.7%, 21.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 55.8%, 30.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 55.8%, 69.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,064,226

CSS custom property--colour: #4D4622;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.48:1

Contrast with white9.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#B2B9DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C441Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4E4724no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#53413Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22 Dim grey · ΔE 27.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.9 Gray · ΔE 33.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.3 Black · ΔE 37.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 22.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22294D

Analogous#4D3122, #3F4D22

Triadic#224D46, #46224D

Split complementary#223F4D, #30224D

Tetradic#224D31, #22294D, #4D223F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3B778

Lighter +30%#B4A454

Lighter +20%#948641

Lighter +10%#706632

Darker −10%#2A2612

Darker −20%#060603

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5B4F14

Less saturated −25%#3F3D30

Channel breakdown

R77

G70

B34

Red77 (30.2%)

Green70 (27.5%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue50.23°

Saturation (HSL)38.74%

Lightness21.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4D · G 46 · B 22

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Colour values

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