Colour

#554D21

#554D21
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#554D21 is a yellow with RGB values 85, 77, 33 and HSL 51°, 44%, 23%. 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

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HEX#554D21

RGBrgb(85, 77, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.302, 0.1294

RGB percentages33.3%, 30.2%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(50.8, 44.1%, 23.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 61.2%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 61.2%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,590,305

CSS custom property--colour: #554D21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.5:1

Contrast with white8.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#AAB2DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#544B1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#564E23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#5B4843no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.8 Dim grey · ΔE 29.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.1 Gray · ΔE 34.3 Sienna · ΔE 35.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#212955

Analogous#553321, #435521

Triadic#21554D, #4D2155

Split complementary#214355, #332155

Tetradic#215533, #212955, #552143

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CABE78

Lighter +30%#BCAC53

Lighter +20%#9E903E

Lighter +10%#7A6E2F

Darker −10%#302C13

Darker −20%#0C0A04

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#645712

Less saturated −25%#464330

Channel breakdown

R85

G77

B33

Red85 (33.3%)

Green77 (30.2%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue50.77°

Saturation (HSL)44.07%

Lightness23.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 4D · B 21

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