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Recognised as Colour

#55600A

  • #55600A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#55600A is a yellow with RGB values 85, 96, 10 and HSL 68°, 81%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#55600A#55600A
HEX#55600A
RGBrgb(85, 96, 10)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.3765, 0.0392
RGB percentages33.3%, 37.6%, 3.9%
HSLhsl(67.7, 81.1%, 20.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(67.7, 89.6%, 37.6%)
CMYK11.5%, 0%, 89.6%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,595,146
CSS custom property--colour: #55600A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.85:1
Contrast with white6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#AA9FF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#675A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#665B14no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#5B5A51no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 12.8Olive · ΔE 19.9Olivedrab · ΔE 21.9Dark green · ΔE 27.9Sea green · ΔE 35.4Dark khaki · ΔE 35.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 12.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#150A60
Analogous#60400A, #2A600A
Triadic#0A5560, #600A55
Split complementary#0A2A60, #400A60
Tetradic#0A6040, #150A60, #600A2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7EC4A
Lighter +30%#CDE71C
Lighter +20%#A7BC14
Lighter +10%#7E8E0F
Darker −10%#2C3205
Darker −20%#030400
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5C6A00
Less saturated −25%#4B5317

Channel breakdown

R85
G96
B10
Red85 (33.3%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue10 (3.9%)
Hue67.67°
Saturation (HSL)81.13%
Lightness20.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G 60 · B 0A

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