Recognised as Colour

#554E2C

#554E2C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#554E2C is a yellow with RGB values 85, 78, 44 and HSL 50°, 32%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#554E2C#554E2C

HEX#554E2C

RGBrgb(85, 78, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.3059, 0.1725

RGB percentages33.3%, 30.6%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(49.8, 31.8%, 25.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 48.2%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 48.2%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,590,572

CSS custom property--colour: #554E2C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07562WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.36:1

Contrast with white8.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#AAB1D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#544C29no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#564F2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#5B4946no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.9 Dim grey · ΔE 24.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.5 Gray · ΔE 29.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.5 Sienna · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C3355

Analogous#55392C, #48552C

Triadic#2C554E, #4E2C55

Split complementary#2C4855, #392C55

Tetradic#2C5539, #2C3355, #552C48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3B98A

Lighter +30%#B1A569

Lighter +20%#988C4F

Lighter +10%#776D3D

Darker −10%#332F1B

Darker −20%#121009

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#65591C

Less saturated −25%#45433C

Channel breakdown

R85

G78

B44

Red85 (33.3%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue49.76°

Saturation (HSL)31.78%

Lightness25.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 4E · B 2C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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