Recognised as Colour

#554F17

#554F17
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#554F17 is a yellow with RGB values 85, 79, 23 and HSL 54°, 57%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#554F17#554F17

HEX#554F17

RGBrgb(85, 79, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.3098, 0.0902

RGB percentages33.3%, 31%, 9%

HSLhsl(54.2, 57.4%, 21.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.2, 72.9%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 72.9%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,590,807

CSS custom property--colour: #554F17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07585WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.34:1

Contrast with white8.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#AAB0E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#574C0Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#584F1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#5C4944no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.6 Olive · ΔE 31.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 33 Dim grey · ΔE 34.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 35.9 Sienna · ΔE 36.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#171D55

Analogous#553017, #3C5517

Triadic#17554F, #4F1755

Split complementary#173C55, #301755

Tetradic#175530, #171D55, #55173C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5CA63

Lighter +30%#CABC3B

Lighter +20%#A59A2D

Lighter +10%#7D7422

Darker −10%#2D2A0C

Darker −20%#050401

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#625A0A

Less saturated −25%#484425

Channel breakdown

R85

G79

B23

Red85 (33.3%)

Green79 (31%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue54.19°

Saturation (HSL)57.41%

Lightness21.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 4F · B 17

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