Recognised as Colour

#5A550D

#5A550D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5A550D is a yellow with RGB values 90, 85, 13 and HSL 56°, 75%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#5A550D

RGBrgb(90, 85, 13)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.3333, 0.051

RGB percentages35.3%, 33.3%, 5.1%

HSLhsl(56.1, 74.8%, 20.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.1, 85.6%, 35.3%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 85.6%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,920,013

CSS custom property--colour: #5A550D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.087WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.66:1

Contrast with white7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#A5AAF2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F5513no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#614E48no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.2 Olive · ΔE 24.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 30.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.3 Dark green · ΔE 36.8 Sienna · ΔE 37.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D125A

Analogous#5A2E0D, #395A0D

Triadic#0D5A55, #550D5A

Split complementary#0D395A, #2E0D5A

Tetradic#0D5A2E, #0D125A, #5A0D39

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5DC4E

Lighter +30%#DFD321

Lighter +20%#B3A91A

Lighter +10%#877F13

Darker −10%#2D2B07

Darker −20%#010100

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#676000

Less saturated −25%#4D4A1A

Channel breakdown

R90

G85

B13

Red90 (35.3%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue13 (5.1%)

Hue56.1°

Saturation (HSL)74.76%

Lightness20.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5A · G 55 · B 0D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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