Colour

#554A01

#554A01
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#554A01 is a yellow with RGB values 85, 74, 1 and HSL 52°, 98%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#554A01#554A01

HEX#554A01

RGBrgb(85, 74, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.2902, 0.0039

RGB percentages33.3%, 29%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(52.1, 97.7%, 16.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 98.8%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 12.9%, 98.8%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,589,505

CSS custom property--colour: #554A01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.87:1

Contrast with white8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#AAB5FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#534800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#564C07no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#5D433Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.1 Olive · ΔE 28.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.2 Sienna · ΔE 34.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 35.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 21.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#010C55

Analogous#552001, #365501

Triadic#01554A, #4A0155

Split complementary#013655, #200155

Tetradic#015520, #010C55, #550136

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCE026

Lighter +30%#ECCE03

Lighter +20%#BAA202

Lighter +10%#877602

Darker −10%#231E00

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#564B00

Less saturated −25%#4A420C

Channel breakdown

R85

G74

Red85 (33.3%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue52.14°

Saturation (HSL)97.67%

Lightness16.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 4A · B 01

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Colour values

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