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Recognised as Colour

#4E451D

  • #4E451D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4E451D is a yellow with RGB values 78, 69, 29 and HSL 49°, 46%, 21%. 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

#4E451D#4E451D
HEX#4E451D
RGBrgb(78, 69, 29)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2706, 0.1137
RGB percentages30.6%, 27.1%, 11.4%
HSLhsl(49, 45.8%, 21%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49, 62.8%, 30.6%)
CMYK0%, 11.5%, 62.8%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,129,501
CSS custom property--colour: #4E451D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05965WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.58:1
Contrast with white9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#B1BAE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4C4319no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E461Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#54403Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.8Dim grey · ΔE 29.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.5Saddle brown · ΔE 33.6Gray · ΔE 35Sienna · ΔE 36.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 21.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1D264E
Analogous#4E2D1D, #3F4E1D
Triadic#1D4E45, #451D4E
Split complementary#1D3F4E, #2D1D4E
Tetradic#1D4E2D, #1D264E, #4E1D3F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9B86E
Lighter +30%#BBA649
Lighter +20%#988739
Lighter +10%#73662B
Darker −10%#29240F
Darker −20%#040301
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5B4D10
Less saturated −25%#413D2A

Channel breakdown

R78
G69
B29
Red78 (30.6%)
Green69 (27.1%)
Blue29 (11.4%)
Hue48.98°
Saturation (HSL)45.79%
Lightness20.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 4E · G 45 · B 1D

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