Colour

#4E4508

#4E4508
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4E4508 is a yellow with RGB values 78, 69, 8 and HSL 52°, 81%, 17%. 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#4E4508

RGBrgb(78, 69, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2706, 0.0314

RGB percentages30.6%, 27.1%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(52.3, 81.4%, 16.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 89.7%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.5%, 89.7%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,129,480

CSS custom property--colour: #4E4508;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.64:1

Contrast with white9.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#B1BAF7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D4300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F460Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#553F3Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.6 Olive · ΔE 33 Sienna · ΔE 35.9 Dim grey · ΔE 38.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 38.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#08114E

Analogous#4E2208, #344E08

Triadic#084E45, #45084E

Split complementary#08344E, #22084E

Tetradic#084E22, #08114E, #4E0834

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBD437

Lighter +30%#D9C016

Lighter +20%#AB9711

Lighter +10%#7C6E0D

Darker −10%#201C03

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#564B00

Less saturated −25%#433D13

Channel breakdown

R78

G69

Red78 (30.6%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue52.29°

Saturation (HSL)81.4%

Lightness16.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 45 · B 08

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