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Colour

#55550F

  • #55550F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#55550F is a yellow with RGB values 85, 85, 15 and HSL 60°, 70%, 20%. 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

#55550F#55550F
HEX#55550F
RGBrgb(85, 85, 15)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.3333, 0.0588
RGB percentages33.3%, 33.3%, 5.9%
HSLhsl(60, 70%, 19.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(60, 82.4%, 33.3%)
CMYK0%, 0%, 82.4%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,592,335
CSS custom property--colour: #55550F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08463WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.2 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#505050
Inverted#AAAAF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D5101no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D5315no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#5C4F48no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 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 14.1Olive · ΔE 25.7Olivedrab · ΔE 30Dark green · ΔE 34.5Saddle brown · ΔE 35.8Dark khaki · ΔE 38.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 14.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0F0F55
Analogous#55320F, #32550F
Triadic#0F5555, #550F55
Split complementary#0F3255, #320F55
Tetradic#0F5532, #0F0F55, #550F32

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0E050
Lighter +30%#D7D726
Lighter +20%#ACAC1E
Lighter +10%#808017
Darker −10%#2A2A07
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#626203
Less saturated −25%#49491C

Channel breakdown

R85
G85
B15
Red85 (33.3%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue15 (5.9%)
Hue60°
Saturation (HSL)70%
Lightness19.61%
Dominant channelRed and Green
Hex per channelR 55 · G 55 · B 0F

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