Colour

#4E482F

#4E482F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#4E482F is a yellow with RGB values 78, 72, 47 and HSL 48°, 25%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

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HEX#4E482F

RGBrgb(78, 72, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2824, 0.1843

RGB percentages30.6%, 28.2%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(48.4, 24.8%, 24.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 39.7%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 7.7%, 39.7%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,130,287

CSS custom property--colour: #4E482F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0646WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.16:1

Contrast with white9.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#B1B7D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D472Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F4930no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#534442no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 21.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 22 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.3 Gray · ΔE 28.1 Black · ΔE 34.5 Slate grey · ΔE 34.6

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 21.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F354E

Analogous#4E392F, #454E2F

Triadic#2F4E48, #482F4E

Split complementary#2F454E, #392F4E

Tetradic#2F4E39, #2F354E, #4E2F45

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BBB28E

Lighter +30%#A89D6E

Lighter +20%#8E8355

Lighter +10%#6E6542

Darker −10%#2E2B1C

Darker −20%#0E0D09

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5E521F

Less saturated −25%#3F3F3F

Channel breakdown

R78

G72

B47

Red78 (30.6%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue48.39°

Saturation (HSL)24.8%

Lightness24.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 48 · B 2F

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