Colour

#4E4622

#4E4622
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4E4622 is a yellow with RGB values 78, 70, 34 and HSL 49°, 39%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4E4622

RGBrgb(78, 70, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2745, 0.1333

RGB percentages30.6%, 27.5%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(49.1, 39.3%, 22%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 56.4%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 10.3%, 56.4%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,129,762

CSS custom property--colour: #4E4622;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.45:1

Contrast with white9.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#B1B9DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C441Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#4E4724no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#54413Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.3 Dim grey · ΔE 27.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.2 Gray · ΔE 33.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.8 Sienna · ΔE 36.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 22.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#222A4E

Analogous#4E3022, #404E22

Triadic#224E46, #46224E

Split complementary#22404E, #30224E

Tetradic#224E30, #222A4E, #4E2240

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4B678

Lighter +30%#B5A354

Lighter +20%#958641

Lighter +10%#726631

Darker −10%#2A2613

Darker −20%#070603

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5C4F14

Less saturated −25%#403D30

Channel breakdown

R78

G70

B34

Red78 (30.6%)

Green70 (27.5%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)39.29%

Lightness21.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 46 · B 22

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