Colour

#555D1B

#555D1B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#555D1B is a yellow with RGB values 85, 93, 27 and HSL 67°, 55%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#555D1B#555D1B

HEX#555D1B

RGBrgb(85, 93, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.3647, 0.1059

RGB percentages33.3%, 36.5%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(67.3, 55%, 23.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.3, 71%, 36.5%)

CMYK8.6%, 0%, 71%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,594,395

CSS custom property--colour: #555D1B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.08:1

Contrast with white7.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#575757

Inverted#AAA2E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#645812no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#635920no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Tritanopia#5B5750no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 8.8 Olive · ΔE 25.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 27 Dark green · ΔE 31.1 Sea green · ΔE 33.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 36.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#231B5D

Analogous#5D441B, #345D1B

Triadic#1B555D, #5D1B55

Split complementary#1B345D, #441B5D

Tetradic#1B5D44, #231B5D, #5D1B34

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C9D56F

Lighter +30%#BACA47

Lighter +20%#9DAC32

Lighter +10%#798526

Darker −10%#313510

Darker −20%#0D0E04

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#606C0C

Less saturated −25%#4A4E2A

Channel breakdown

R85

G93

B27

Red85 (33.3%)

Green93 (36.5%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue67.27°

Saturation (HSL)55%

Lightness23.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 55 · G 5D · B 1B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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