Colour

#55562C

#55562C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#55562C is a yellow with RGB values 85, 86, 44 and HSL 61°, 32%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#55562C

RGBrgb(85, 86, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.3373, 0.1725

RGB percentages33.3%, 33.7%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(61.4, 32.3%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(61.4, 48.8%, 33.7%)

CMYK1.2%, 0%, 48.8%, 66.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,592,620

CSS custom property--colour: #55562C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.63:1

Contrast with white7.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#AAA9D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C5328no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C542Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#5A514Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 14.7 Dim grey · ΔE 26.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.6 Gray · ΔE 31.1 Sea green · ΔE 36.3 Olive · ΔE 36.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 14.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D2C56

Analogous#56422C, #40562C

Triadic#2C5556, #562C55

Split complementary#2C4056, #422C56

Tetradic#2C5642, #2D2C56, #562C40

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C2C38B

Lighter +30%#B0B269

Lighter +20%#98994F

Lighter +10%#76783D

Darker −10%#34341B

Darker −20%#121309

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#64661C

Less saturated −25%#46463C

Channel breakdown

R85

G86

B44

Red85 (33.3%)

Green86 (33.7%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue61.43°

Saturation (HSL)32.31%

Lightness25.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 55 · G 56 · B 2C

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Colour values

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