Colour

#5A511F

#5A511F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5A511F is a yellow with RGB values 90, 81, 31 and HSL 51°, 49%, 24%. 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

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HEX#5A511F

RGBrgb(90, 81, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.3176, 0.1216

RGB percentages35.3%, 31.8%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(50.8, 48.8%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 65.6%, 35.3%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 65.6%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,919,007

CSS custom property--colour: #5A511F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.98:1

Contrast with white7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#A5AEE0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#594F1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B5222no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#614B46no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.8 Dim grey · ΔE 31.9 Olive · ΔE 33.3 Sienna · ΔE 34.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 34.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F285A

Analogous#5A331F, #465A1F

Triadic#1F5A51, #511F5A

Split complementary#1F465A, #331F5A

Tetradic#1F5A33, #1F285A, #5A1F46

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D0C275

Lighter +30%#C3B14F

Lighter +20%#A69539

Lighter +10%#80732C

Darker −10%#342F12

Darker −20%#0E0D05

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#695C10

Less saturated −25%#4B462E

Channel breakdown

R90

G81

B31

Red90 (35.3%)

Green81 (31.8%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue50.85°

Saturation (HSL)48.76%

Lightness23.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5A · G 51 · B 1F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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