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Recognised as Colour

#55572E

  • #55572E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#55572E is a yellow with RGB values 85, 87, 46 and HSL 63°, 31%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#55572E#55572E
HEX#55572E
RGBrgb(85, 87, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.3412, 0.1804
RGB percentages33.3%, 34.1%, 18%
HSLhsl(62.9, 30.8%, 26.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62.9, 47.1%, 34.1%)
CMYK2.3%, 0%, 47.1%, 65.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,592,878
CSS custom property--colour: #55572E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08945WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.53:1
Contrast with white7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#AAA8D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D542Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D5530no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5A534Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 14.6Dim grey · ΔE 26.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.9Gray · ΔE 30.4Sea green · ΔE 35.8Olive · ΔE 37.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 14.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#302E57
Analogous#57452E, #41572E
Triadic#2E5557, #572E55
Split complementary#2E4057, #452E57
Tetradic#2E5745, #302E57, #572E40

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1C38E
Lighter +30%#AEB26C
Lighter +20%#969A51
Lighter +10%#767840
Darker −10%#34361C
Darker −20%#14140B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#64681D
Less saturated −25%#46463F

Channel breakdown

R85
G87
B46
Red85 (33.3%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue62.93°
Saturation (HSL)30.83%
Lightness26.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G 57 · B 2E

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