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Recognised as Colour

#554D12

  • #554D12
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#554D12 is a yellow with RGB values 85, 77, 18 and HSL 53°, 65%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#554D12#554D12
HEX#554D12
RGBrgb(85, 77, 18)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.302, 0.0706
RGB percentages33.3%, 30.2%, 7.1%
HSLhsl(52.8, 65%, 20.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.8, 78.8%, 33.3%)
CMYK0%, 9.4%, 78.8%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,590,290
CSS custom property--colour: #554D12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07283WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.55:1
Contrast with white8.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#AAB2ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#554A08no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#574E16no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5C4741no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.9Olive · ΔE 31Saddle brown · ΔE 31.8Sienna · ΔE 35.5Olivedrab · ΔE 36.2Dim grey · ΔE 36.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#121A55
Analogous#552B12, #3C5512
Triadic#12554D, #4D1255
Split complementary#123C55, #2B1255
Tetradic#12552B, #121A55, #55123C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCCC57
Lighter +30%#D3BF2D
Lighter +20%#A99924
Lighter +10%#7F731B
Darker −10%#2B2709
Darker −20%#010100
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#625705
Less saturated −25%#48431F

Channel breakdown

R85
G77
B18
Red85 (33.3%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue18 (7.1%)
Hue52.84°
Saturation (HSL)65.05%
Lightness20.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 55 · G 4D · B 12

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