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Recognised as Colour

#4E4712

  • #4E4712
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4E4712 is a yellow with RGB values 78, 71, 18 and HSL 53°, 63%, 19%. 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

#4E4712#4E4712
HEX#4E4712
RGBrgb(78, 71, 18)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2784, 0.0706
RGB percentages30.6%, 27.8%, 7.1%
HSLhsl(53, 62.5%, 18.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53, 76.9%, 30.6%)
CMYK0%, 9%, 76.9%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,130,002
CSS custom property--colour: #4E4712;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0617WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.4:1
Contrast with white9.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#B1B8ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E450Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#504815no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#54413Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.2Saddle brown · ΔE 32.9Olive · ΔE 34.7Dim grey · ΔE 34.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.9Sienna · ΔE 36.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#12194E
Analogous#4E2912, #374E12
Triadic#124E47, #47124E
Split complementary#12374E, #29124E
Tetradic#124E29, #12194E, #4E1237

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8C854
Lighter +30%#CAB82F
Lighter +20%#A19225
Lighter +10%#776D1C
Darker −10%#252108
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5A5006
Less saturated −25%#423E1E

Channel breakdown

R78
G71
B18
Red78 (30.6%)
Green71 (27.8%)
Blue18 (7.1%)
Hue53°
Saturation (HSL)62.5%
Lightness18.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 4E · G 47 · B 12

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