Colour

#4E4501

#4E4501
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4E4501 is a yellow with RGB values 78, 69, 1 and HSL 53°, 97%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4E4501

RGBrgb(78, 69, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2706, 0.0039

RGB percentages30.6%, 27.1%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(53, 97.5%, 15.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53, 98.7%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.5%, 98.7%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,129,473

CSS custom property--colour: #4E4501;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05878WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.65:1

Contrast with white9.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#B1BAFE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D4300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F4606no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#553F39no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.2 Olive · ΔE 31.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.5 Sienna · ΔE 36.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 37.5 Dark green · ΔE 40.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 21.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#010A4E

Analogous#4E1E01, #314E01

Triadic#014E45, #45014E

Split complementary#01304E, #1F014E

Tetradic#014E1E, #010A4E, #4E0130

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCE21F

Lighter +30%#E5CB03

Lighter +20%#B39E02

Lighter +10%#807202

Darker −10%#1C1800

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4F4600

Less saturated −25%#443D0B

Channel breakdown

R78

G69

Red78 (30.6%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue52.99°

Saturation (HSL)97.47%

Lightness15.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 45 · B 01

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