Recognised as Colour

#59552E

#59552E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#59552E is a yellow with RGB values 89, 85, 46 and HSL 54°, 32%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#59552E

RGBrgb(89, 85, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.3333, 0.1804

RGB percentages34.9%, 33.3%, 18%

HSLhsl(54.4, 31.9%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.4, 48.3%, 34.9%)

CMYK0%, 4.5%, 48.3%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,854,510

CSS custom property--colour: #59552E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08818WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.6:1

Contrast with white7.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#A6AAD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B532Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D5530no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#5F504Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.2 Dim grey · ΔE 25.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.2 Gray · ΔE 29.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.9 Sienna · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E3259

Analogous#59402E, #48592E

Triadic#2E5955, #552E59

Split complementary#2E4859, #402E59

Tetradic#2E5940, #2E3259, #592E47

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C5C08E

Lighter +30%#B3AD6D

Lighter +20%#9C9551

Lighter +10%#7B753F

Darker −10%#37351D

Darker −20%#16150B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6A631D

Less saturated −25%#48473F

Channel breakdown

R89

G85

B46

Red89 (34.9%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue54.42°

Saturation (HSL)31.85%

Lightness26.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 59 · G 55 · B 2E

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