Recognised as Colour

#524B23

#524B23
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#524B23 is a yellow with RGB values 82, 75, 35 and HSL 51°, 40%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#524B23

RGBrgb(82, 75, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.2941, 0.1373

RGB percentages32.2%, 29.4%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(51.1, 40.2%, 22.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 57.3%, 32.2%)

CMYK0%, 8.5%, 57.3%, 67.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,393,187

CSS custom property--colour: #524B23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06947WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.79:1

Contrast with white8.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#ADB4DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#52491Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#544C25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#584642no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.8 Dim grey · ΔE 27.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.6 Gray · ΔE 33.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.3 Sienna · ΔE 36.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#232A52

Analogous#523423, #425223

Triadic#23524B, #4B2352

Split complementary#234252, #332352

Tetradic#235233, #232A52, #522342

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C6BB7B

Lighter +30%#B7A957

Lighter +20%#998C42

Lighter +10%#766C32

Darker −10%#2E2A14

Darker −20%#0B0A04

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#615514

Less saturated −25%#434132

Channel breakdown

R82

G75

B35

Red82 (32.2%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue51.06°

Saturation (HSL)40.17%

Lightness22.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 52 · G 4B · B 23

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Colour values

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