Recognised as Colour

#4E4A01

#4E4A01
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4E4A01 is a yellow with RGB values 78, 74, 1 and HSL 57°, 97%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#4E4A01#4E4A01

HEX#4E4A01

RGBrgb(78, 74, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2902, 0.0039

RGB percentages30.6%, 29%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(56.9, 97.5%, 15.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.9, 98.7%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 5.1%, 98.7%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,130,753

CSS custom property--colour: #4E4A01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.12:1

Contrast with white9.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#B1B5FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#524700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#534908no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#55443Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.6 Olive · ΔE 28.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 34 Dark green · ΔE 37.2 Sienna · ΔE 38.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01054E

Analogous#4E2401, #2C4E01

Triadic#014E4A, #4A014E

Split complementary#012C4E, #23014E

Tetradic#014E24, #01054E, #4E012C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCF11F

Lighter +30%#E5D903

Lighter +20%#B3AA02

Lighter +10%#807A02

Darker −10%#1C1A00

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4F4B00

Less saturated −25%#44410B

Channel breakdown

R78

G74

Red78 (30.6%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue56.88°

Saturation (HSL)97.47%

Lightness15.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 4A · B 01

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