Recognised as Colour

#4E4C25

#4E4C25
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4E4C25 is a yellow with RGB values 78, 76, 37 and HSL 57°, 36%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4E4C25

RGBrgb(78, 76, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.298, 0.1451

RGB percentages30.6%, 29.8%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(57.1, 35.7%, 22.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.1, 52.6%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 2.6%, 52.6%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,131,301

CSS custom property--colour: #4E4C25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06922WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.81:1

Contrast with white8.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#B1B3DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#524922no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#534B27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#534843no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.5 Dim grey · ΔE 27.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.7 Gray · ΔE 32.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 37 Sienna · ΔE 38.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25274E

Analogous#4E3725, #3C4E25

Triadic#254E4C, #4C254E

Split complementary#253C4E, #37254E

Tetradic#254E38, #25274E, #4E253C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C2BE7D

Lighter +30%#B1AD5B

Lighter +20%#938F46

Lighter +10%#716E35

Darker −10%#2B2A15

Darker −20%#090904

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5C5917

Less saturated −25%#403F33

Channel breakdown

R78

G76

B37

Red78 (30.6%)

Green76 (29.8%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue57.07°

Saturation (HSL)35.65%

Lightness22.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 4C · B 25

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