Recognised as Colour

#514A15

#514A15
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#514A15 is a yellow with RGB values 81, 74, 21 and HSL 53°, 59%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#514A15

RGBrgb(81, 74, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.2902, 0.0824

RGB percentages31.8%, 29%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(53, 58.8%, 20%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53, 74.1%, 31.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 74.1%, 68.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,327,381

CSS custom property--colour: #514A15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.97:1

Contrast with white8.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#AEB5EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#51480Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#534B18no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#58443Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.8 Olive · ΔE 33.9 Dim grey · ΔE 34.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.9 Sienna · ΔE 36.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#151C51

Analogous#512C15, #3A5115

Triadic#15514A, #4A1551

Split complementary#153A51, #2C1551

Tetradic#15512C, #151C51, #51153A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5C75D

Lighter +30%#CBB934

Lighter +20%#A2942A

Lighter +10%#7A6F1F

Darker −10%#29250B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5E5408

Less saturated −25%#444022

Channel breakdown

R81

G74

B21

Red81 (31.8%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue53°

Saturation (HSL)58.82%

Lightness20%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 51 · G 4A · B 15

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