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Recognised as Colour

#4E540C

  • #4E540C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4E540C is a yellow with RGB values 78, 84, 12 and HSL 65°, 75%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#4E540C#4E540C
HEX#4E540C
RGBrgb(78, 84, 12)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.3294, 0.0471
RGB percentages30.6%, 32.9%, 4.7%
HSLhsl(65, 75%, 18.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65, 85.7%, 32.9%)
CMYK7.1%, 0%, 85.7%, 67.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,133,324
CSS custom property--colour: #4E540C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07987WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.09:1
Contrast with white8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#B1ABF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B4F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B5013no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#544E47no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 12.8Olive · ΔE 26.2Olivedrab · ΔE 28.9Dark green · ΔE 31.6Sea green · ΔE 37.1Saddle brown · ΔE 38.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#120C54
Analogous#54360C, #2A540C
Triadic#0C4E54, #540C4E
Split complementary#0C2A54, #360C54
Tetradic#0C5436, #120C54, #540C2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8E547
Lighter +30%#CADA1F
Lighter +20%#A1AD19
Lighter +10%#778112
Darker −10%#252706
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#586000
Less saturated −25%#444818

Channel breakdown

R78
G84
B12
Red78 (30.6%)
Green84 (32.9%)
Blue12 (4.7%)
Hue65°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness18.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4E · G 54 · B 0C

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