Recognised as Colour

#55542E

#55542E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#55542E is a yellow with RGB values 85, 84, 46 and HSL 58°, 30%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#55542E

RGBrgb(85, 84, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.3294, 0.1804

RGB percentages33.3%, 32.9%, 18%

HSLhsl(58.5, 29.8%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.5, 45.9%, 33.3%)

CMYK0%, 1.2%, 45.9%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,592,110

CSS custom property--colour: #55542E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08469WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.8:1

Contrast with white7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#AAABD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A512Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B5330no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#5A504Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.9 Dim grey · ΔE 25 Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.9 Gray · ΔE 29.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 37.5 Slate grey · ΔE 37.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E2F55

Analogous#55402E, #42552E

Triadic#2E5554, #542E55

Split complementary#2E4355, #412E55

Tetradic#2E5540, #2E2F55, #552E42

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C2C08D

Lighter +30%#B0AE6C

Lighter +20%#979552

Lighter +10%#767540

Darker −10%#34331C

Darker −20%#13130A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#65641E

Less saturated −25%#45443E

Channel breakdown

R85

G84

B46

Red85 (33.3%)

Green84 (32.9%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue58.46°

Saturation (HSL)29.77%

Lightness25.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 55 · G 54 · B 2E

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Colour values

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