Recognised as Colour

#554B15

#554B15
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#554B15 is a yellow with RGB values 85, 75, 21 and HSL 51°, 60%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#554B15

RGBrgb(85, 75, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.2941, 0.0824

RGB percentages33.3%, 29.4%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(50.6, 60.4%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 75.3%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 11.8%, 75.3%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,589,781

CSS custom property--colour: #554B15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.74:1

Contrast with white8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#494949

Inverted#AAB4EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#53490Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#564C18no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#5C4540no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.1 Olive · ΔE 33.2 Sienna · ΔE 34.5 Dim grey · ΔE 34.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#151F55

Analogous#552B15, #3F5515

Triadic#15554B, #4B1555

Split complementary#153F55, #2B1555

Tetradic#15552B, #151F55, #55153F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7C55F

Lighter +30%#CDB636

Lighter +20%#A79329

Lighter +10%#7E6F1F

Darker −10%#2C270B

Darker −20%#030301

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#625408

Less saturated −25%#484222

Channel breakdown

R85

G75

B21

Red85 (33.3%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue50.63°

Saturation (HSL)60.38%

Lightness20.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 4B · B 15

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