Colour

#5A5646

#5A5646
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#5A5646 is a yellow with RGB values 90, 86, 70 and HSL 48°, 13%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

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HEX#5A5646

RGBrgb(90, 86, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.3373, 0.2745

RGB percentages35.3%, 33.7%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(48, 12.5%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 22.2%, 35.3%)

CMYK0%, 4.4%, 22.2%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,920,326

CSS custom property--colour: #5A5646;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.36:1

Contrast with white7.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#A5A9B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#595545no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B5647no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#5D5452no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 12.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 17.9 Gray · ΔE 19.8 Slate grey · ΔE 26.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 12.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#464A5A

Analogous#5A4C46, #545A46

Triadic#465A56, #56465A

Split complementary#46545A, #4C465A

Tetradic#465A4C, #464A5A, #5A4654

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BFBBAD

Lighter +30%#A9A490

Lighter +20%#938C74

Lighter +10%#77715C

Darker −10%#3D3B30

Darker −20%#211F19

Darker −30%#040403

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6E6232

Less saturated −25%#505050

Channel breakdown

R90

G86

B70

Red90 (35.3%)

Green86 (33.7%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)12.5%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5A · G 56 · B 46

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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