Colour

#4E461D

#4E461D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4E461D is a yellow with RGB values 78, 70, 29 and HSL 50°, 46%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4E461D

RGBrgb(78, 70, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2745, 0.1137

RGB percentages30.6%, 27.5%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(50.2, 45.8%, 21%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 62.8%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 10.3%, 62.8%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,129,757

CSS custom property--colour: #4E461D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.47:1

Contrast with white9.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#B1B9E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D4419no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F471Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#54413Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.1 Dim grey · ΔE 29.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.9 Gray · ΔE 35.1 Sienna · ΔE 36.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 21.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D254E

Analogous#4E2E1D, #3D4E1D

Triadic#1D4E46, #461D4E

Split complementary#1D3E4E, #2D1D4E

Tetradic#1D4E2E, #1D254E, #4E1D3E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C9BA6E

Lighter +30%#BBA949

Lighter +20%#988939

Lighter +10%#73672B

Darker −10%#29250F

Darker −20%#040301

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5B4F10

Less saturated −25%#413D2A

Channel breakdown

R78

G70

B29

Red78 (30.6%)

Green70 (27.5%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue50.2°

Saturation (HSL)45.79%

Lightness20.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 46 · B 1D

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