Colour

#4E4512

#4E4512
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4E4512 is a yellow with RGB values 78, 69, 18 and HSL 51°, 63%, 19%. 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#4E4512

RGBrgb(78, 69, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2706, 0.0706

RGB percentages30.6%, 27.1%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(51, 62.5%, 18.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 76.9%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.5%, 76.9%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,129,490

CSS custom property--colour: #4E4512;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0592WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.62:1

Contrast with white9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#B1BAED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C430Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F4615no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#553F3Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.2 Dim grey · ΔE 34.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.6 Sienna · ΔE 35.7 Olive · ΔE 35.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#121B4E

Analogous#4E2712, #394E12

Triadic#124E45, #45124E

Split complementary#12394E, #27124E

Tetradic#124E27, #121B4E, #4E1239

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D8C454

Lighter +30%#CAB32F

Lighter +20%#A18E25

Lighter +10%#776A1C

Darker −10%#252008

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5A4D06

Less saturated −25%#423D1E

Channel breakdown

R78

G69

B18

Red78 (30.6%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue51°

Saturation (HSL)62.5%

Lightness18.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 45 · B 12

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