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Colour

#5A511D

  • #5A511D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5A511D is a yellow with RGB values 90, 81, 29 and HSL 51°, 51%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5A511D#5A511D
HEX#5A511D
RGBrgb(90, 81, 29)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.3176, 0.1137
RGB percentages35.3%, 31.8%, 11.4%
HSLhsl(51.1, 51.3%, 23.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 67.8%, 35.3%)
CMYK0%, 10%, 67.8%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,919,005
CSS custom property--colour: #5A511D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.99:1
Contrast with white7.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#A5AEE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#594F17no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B5220no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#614B46no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.3Saddle brown · ΔE 31.7Olive · ΔE 32.5Dim grey · ΔE 32.8Sienna · ΔE 34.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1D265A
Analogous#5A321D, #455A1D
Triadic#1D5A51, #511D5A
Split complementary#1D455A, #321D5A
Tetradic#1D5A32, #1D265A, #5A1D45

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1C372
Lighter +30%#C5B34B
Lighter +20%#A79636
Lighter +10%#817429
Darker −10%#332E11
Darker −20%#0D0C04
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#695B0E
Less saturated −25%#4B472C

Channel breakdown

R90
G81
B29
Red90 (35.3%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue29 (11.4%)
Hue51.15°
Saturation (HSL)51.26%
Lightness23.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5A · G 51 · B 1D

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