Colour

#4F4725

#4F4725
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4F4725 is a yellow with RGB values 79, 71, 37 and HSL 49°, 36%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4F4725

RGBrgb(79, 71, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.2784, 0.1451

RGB percentages31%, 27.8%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(48.6, 36.2%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 53.2%, 31%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 53.2%, 69%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,195,557

CSS custom property--colour: #4F4725;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.29:1

Contrast with white9.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#B0B8DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D4522no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F4826no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#55423Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.6 Dim grey · ΔE 25.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.1 Gray · ΔE 31.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.2 Sienna · ΔE 36.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 22.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#252D4F

Analogous#4F3225, #424F25

Triadic#254F47, #47254F

Split complementary#25424F, #32254F

Tetradic#254F32, #252D4F, #4F2542

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C2B57E

Lighter +30%#B2A25B

Lighter +20%#948546

Lighter +10%#726635

Darker −10%#2C2815

Darker −20%#0A0904

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5E5017

Less saturated −25%#413E34

Channel breakdown

R79

G71

B37

Red79 (31%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue48.57°

Saturation (HSL)36.21%

Lightness22.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4F · G 47 · B 25

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