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Recognised as Colour

#4E5515

  • #4E5515
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4E5515 is a yellow with RGB values 78, 85, 21 and HSL 67°, 60%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#4E5515#4E5515
HEX#4E5515
RGBrgb(78, 85, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.3333, 0.0824
RGB percentages30.6%, 33.3%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(66.6, 60.4%, 20.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(66.6, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CMYK8.2%, 0%, 75.3%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,133,589
CSS custom property--colour: #4E5515;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08171WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.97:1
Contrast with white7.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#B1AAEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B500Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B511Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#535048no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 11Olive · ΔE 28.3Olivedrab · ΔE 30Dark green · ΔE 32Sea green · ΔE 35.5Dim grey · ΔE 38
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 11.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1C1555
Analogous#553C15, #2E5515
Triadic#154E55, #55154E
Split complementary#152E55, #3C1555
Tetradic#15553C, #1C1555, #55152E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAD75F
Lighter +30%#BDCD36
Lighter +20%#99A729
Lighter +10%#747E1F
Darker −10%#282C0B
Darker −20%#030301
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#586208
Less saturated −25%#444822

Channel breakdown

R78
G85
B21
Red78 (30.6%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue66.56°
Saturation (HSL)60.38%
Lightness20.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4E · G 55 · B 15

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