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Recognised as Colour

#4E4725

  • #4E4725
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4E4725 is a yellow with RGB values 78, 71, 37 and HSL 50°, 36%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#4E4725#4E4725
HEX#4E4725
RGBrgb(78, 71, 37)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2784, 0.1451
RGB percentages30.6%, 27.8%, 14.5%
HSLhsl(49.8, 35.7%, 22.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 52.6%, 30.6%)
CMYK0%, 9%, 52.6%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,130,021
CSS custom property--colour: #4E4725;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.33:1
Contrast with white9.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#B1B8DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D4522no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F4826no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#53433Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.4Dim grey · ΔE 25.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.8Gray · ΔE 31.9Saddle brown · ΔE 35.7Black · ΔE 37
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 22.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#252C4E
Analogous#4E3325, #414E25
Triadic#254E47, #47254E
Split complementary#25414E, #33254E
Tetradic#254E33, #252C4E, #4E2541

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2B67D
Lighter +30%#B1A25B
Lighter +20%#938646
Lighter +10%#716635
Darker −10%#2B2815
Darker −20%#090804
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5C5017
Less saturated −25%#403E33

Channel breakdown

R78
G71
B37
Red78 (30.6%)
Green71 (27.8%)
Blue37 (14.5%)
Hue49.76°
Saturation (HSL)35.65%
Lightness22.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 4E · G 47 · B 25

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