Colour

#59501F

#59501F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#59501F is a yellow with RGB values 89, 80, 31 and HSL 51°, 48%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#59501F

RGBrgb(89, 80, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.3137, 0.1216

RGB percentages34.9%, 31.4%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(50.7, 48.3%, 23.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 65.2%, 34.9%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 65.2%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,853,215

CSS custom property--colour: #59501F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0796WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.1:1

Contrast with white8.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#A6AFE0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#584E1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A5121no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#604A45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.8 Dim grey · ΔE 31.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.9 Olive · ΔE 34 Dark slate grey · ΔE 34.5 Sienna · ΔE 34.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F2859

Analogous#59331F, #45591F

Triadic#1F5950, #501F59

Split complementary#1F4559, #331F59

Tetradic#1F5933, #1F2859, #591F45

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CFC175

Lighter +30%#C2B04F

Lighter +20%#A59439

Lighter +10%#7F722C

Darker −10%#332E12

Darker −20%#0D0C05

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#685A10

Less saturated −25%#4A462E

Channel breakdown

R89

G80

B31

Red89 (34.9%)

Green80 (31.4%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue50.69°

Saturation (HSL)48.33%

Lightness23.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 59 · G 50 · B 1F

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