Recognised as Colour

#4D4A3F

#4D4A3F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#4D4A3F is a yellow with RGB values 77, 74, 63 and HSL 47°, 10%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#4D4A3F#4D4A3F

HEX#4D4A3F

RGBrgb(77, 74, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.2902, 0.2471

RGB percentages30.2%, 29%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(47.1, 10%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 18.2%, 30.2%)

CMYK0%, 3.9%, 18.2%, 69.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,065,279

CSS custom property--colour: #4D4A3F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06834WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.87:1

Contrast with white8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#B2B5C0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C493Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D4A3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#4F4847no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 14.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.2 Gray · ΔE 23.3 Slate grey · ΔE 27.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 30.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 14.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3F424D

Analogous#4D433F, #494D3F

Triadic#3F4D4A, #4A3F4D

Split complementary#3F494D, #433F4D

Tetradic#3F4D43, #3F424D, #4D3F49

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B4B1A4

Lighter +30%#9D9988

Lighter +20%#85806D

Lighter +10%#696556

Darker −10%#312F28

Darker −20%#151411

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5F542E

Less saturated −25%#464646

Channel breakdown

R77

G74

B63

Red77 (30.2%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue47.14°

Saturation (HSL)10%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4D · G 4A · B 3F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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