Colour

#4F4712

#4F4712
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4F4712 is a yellow with RGB values 79, 71, 18 and HSL 52°, 63%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4F4712

RGBrgb(79, 71, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.2784, 0.0706

RGB percentages31%, 27.8%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(52.1, 62.9%, 19%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 77.2%, 31%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 77.2%, 69%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,195,538

CSS custom property--colour: #4F4712;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.36:1

Contrast with white9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#B0B8ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E450Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#514815no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#56413Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.4 Olive · ΔE 34.6 Dim grey · ΔE 34.9 Sienna · ΔE 36 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#121A4F

Analogous#4F2812, #394F12

Triadic#124F47, #47124F

Split complementary#12384F, #29124F

Tetradic#124F28, #121A4F, #4F1238

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D8C755

Lighter +30%#CCB72E

Lighter +20%#A29225

Lighter +10%#796C1B

Darker −10%#252209

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5B5006

Less saturated −25%#433E1E

Channel breakdown

R79

G71

B18

Red79 (31%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue52.13°

Saturation (HSL)62.89%

Lightness19.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4F · G 47 · B 12

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