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Recognised as Colour

#4E4217

  • #4E4217
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4E4217 is a yellow with RGB values 78, 66, 23 and HSL 47°, 54%, 20%. 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

#4E4217#4E4217
HEX#4E4217
RGBrgb(78, 66, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2588, 0.0902
RGB percentages30.6%, 25.9%, 9%
HSLhsl(46.9, 54.5%, 19.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.9, 70.5%, 30.6%)
CMYK0%, 15.4%, 70.5%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,128,727
CSS custom property--colour: #4E4217;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.93:1
Contrast with white9.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#B1BDE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#494112no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4C4419no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#553D39no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.1Dim grey · ΔE 31.7Saddle brown · ΔE 31.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.1Sienna · ΔE 34.8Gray · ΔE 37.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 23.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#17234E
Analogous#4E2717, #3F4E17
Triadic#174E42, #42174E
Split complementary#173F4E, #27174E
Tetradic#174E26, #17234E, #4E173E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D0B861
Lighter +30%#C4A63A
Lighter +20%#9D852E
Lighter +10%#756323
Darker −10%#27210B
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5B490A
Less saturated −25%#413B24

Channel breakdown

R78
G66
B23
Red78 (30.6%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue46.91°
Saturation (HSL)54.46%
Lightness19.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 4E · G 42 · B 17

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