Recognised as Colour

#59522E

#59522E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#59522E is a yellow with RGB values 89, 82, 46 and HSL 50°, 32%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#59522E

RGBrgb(89, 82, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.3216, 0.1804

RGB percentages34.9%, 32.2%, 18%

HSLhsl(50.2, 31.9%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 48.3%, 34.9%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 48.3%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,853,742

CSS custom property--colour: #59522E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08356WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.86:1

Contrast with white7.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#A6ADD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#58502Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A532Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#5F4D49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.6 Dim grey · ΔE 24.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.5 Gray · ΔE 29.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 35 Sienna · ΔE 36.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E3559

Analogous#593D2E, #4A592E

Triadic#2E5952, #522E59

Split complementary#2E4B59, #3C2E59

Tetradic#2E593D, #2E3559, #592E4B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C5BC8E

Lighter +30%#B3A86D

Lighter +20%#9C9051

Lighter +10%#7B713F

Darker −10%#37331D

Darker −20%#16140B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6A5D1D

Less saturated −25%#48473F

Channel breakdown

R89

G82

B46

Red89 (34.9%)

Green82 (32.2%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue50.23°

Saturation (HSL)31.85%

Lightness26.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 59 · G 52 · B 2E

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