Colour

#4F4827

#4F4827
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#4F4827 is a yellow with RGB values 79, 72, 39 and HSL 50°, 34%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4F4827

RGBrgb(79, 72, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.2824, 0.1529

RGB percentages31%, 28.2%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(49.5, 33.9%, 23.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 50.6%, 31%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 50.6%, 69%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,195,815

CSS custom property--colour: #4F4827;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.18:1

Contrast with white9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#B0B7D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E4624no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#504928no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#544440no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.5 Dim grey · ΔE 25.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.2 Gray · ΔE 31.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.9 Black · ΔE 37

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 22.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#272E4F

Analogous#4F3427, #424F27

Triadic#274F48, #48274F

Split complementary#27424F, #34274F

Tetradic#274F34, #272E4F, #4F2742

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C1B681

Lighter +30%#B0A25F

Lighter +20%#938649

Lighter +10%#716738

Darker −10%#2D2916

Darker −20%#0B0A05

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5E5218

Less saturated −25%#403E36

Channel breakdown

R79

G72

B39

Red79 (31%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue49.5°

Saturation (HSL)33.9%

Lightness23.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4F · G 48 · B 27

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