Colour

#59523B

#59523B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#59523B is a yellow with RGB values 89, 82, 59 and HSL 46°, 20%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#59523B#59523B

HEX#59523B

RGBrgb(89, 82, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.3216, 0.2314

RGB percentages34.9%, 32.2%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(46, 20.3%, 29%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46, 33.7%, 34.9%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 33.7%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,853,755

CSS custom property--colour: #59523B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.79:1

Contrast with white7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#525252

Inverted#A6ADC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#575139no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#59533Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#5E4E4Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 17.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.4 Gray · ΔE 23.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.9 Slate grey · ΔE 30.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 17.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B4259

Analogous#59433B, #51593B

Triadic#3B5952, #523B59

Split complementary#3B5159, #433B59

Tetradic#3B5943, #3B4259, #593B51

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C0B9A0

Lighter +30%#ACA281

Lighter +20%#968B64

Lighter +10%#786E4F

Darker −10%#3A3627

Darker −20%#1C1912

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6B5C28

Less saturated −25%#4A4A4A

Channel breakdown

R89

G82

B59

Red89 (34.9%)

Green82 (32.2%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue46°

Saturation (HSL)20.27%

Lightness29.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 59 · G 52 · B 3B

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Colour values

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