Recognised as Colour

#5A500B

#5A500B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5A500B is a yellow with RGB values 90, 80, 11 and HSL 52°, 78%, 20%. 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#5A500B

RGBrgb(90, 80, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.3137, 0.0431

RGB percentages35.3%, 31.4%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(52.4, 78.2%, 19.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 87.8%, 35.3%)

CMYK0%, 11.1%, 87.8%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,918,731

CSS custom property--colour: #5A500B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.12:1

Contrast with white8.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#A5AFF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#594D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C5111no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#624943no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.8 Olive · ΔE 27.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 34 Sienna · ΔE 34.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B155A

Analogous#5A290B, #3D5A0B

Triadic#0B5A50, #500B5A

Split complementary#0B3D5A, #280B5A

Tetradic#0B5A29, #0B155A, #5A0B3D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9D448

Lighter +30%#E2C91C

Lighter +20%#B5A116

Lighter +10%#877811

Darker −10%#2D2805

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#655800

Less saturated −25%#4D4718

Channel breakdown

R90

G80

B11

Red90 (35.3%)

Green80 (31.4%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue52.41°

Saturation (HSL)78.22%

Lightness19.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5A · G 50 · B 0B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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