Recognised as Colour

#4F4201

#4F4201
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4F4201 is a yellow with RGB values 79, 66, 1 and HSL 50°, 98%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4F4201

RGBrgb(79, 66, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.2588, 0.0039

RGB percentages31%, 25.9%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(50, 97.5%, 15.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 98.7%, 31%)

CMYK0%, 16.5%, 98.7%, 69%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,194,241

CSS custom property--colour: #4F4201;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.94:1

Contrast with white9.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#B0BDFE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4E4406no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#563C37no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.5 Olive · ΔE 32.9 Sienna · ΔE 34.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 39.8 Dim grey · ΔE 40.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 23.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#010E4F

Analogous#4F1B01, #354F01

Triadic#014F42, #42014F

Split complementary#01354F, #1B014F

Tetradic#014F1B, #010E4F, #4F0135

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCD720

Lighter +30%#E6C003

Lighter +20%#B49602

Lighter +10%#816C02

Darker −10%#1D1800

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#504300

Less saturated −25%#453B0B

Channel breakdown

R79

G66

Red79 (31%)

Green66 (25.9%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)97.5%

Lightness15.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4F · G 42 · B 01

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