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Recognised as Colour

#5B4F09

  • #5B4F09
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5B4F09 is a yellow with RGB values 91, 79, 9 and HSL 51°, 82%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5B4F09#5B4F09
HEX#5B4F09
RGBrgb(91, 79, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.3098, 0.0353
RGB percentages35.7%, 31%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(51.2, 82%, 19.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 90.1%, 35.7%)
CMYK0%, 13.2%, 90.1%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,984,009
CSS custom property--colour: #5B4F09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07836WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.18:1
Contrast with white8.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#A4B0F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#584D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B510Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#634843no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20Olive · ΔE 27.5Saddle brown · ΔE 29.6Sienna · ΔE 33.8Olivedrab · ΔE 34.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#09155B
Analogous#5B2609, #3E5B09
Triadic#095B4F, #4F095B
Split complementary#093E5B, #26095B
Tetradic#095B26, #09155B, #5B093E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECD444
Lighter +30%#E6C817
Lighter +20%#B8A012
Lighter +10%#89770E
Darker −10%#2D2704
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#645500
Less saturated −25%#4F4615

Channel breakdown

R91
G79
B9
Red91 (35.7%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue51.22°
Saturation (HSL)82%
Lightness19.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5B · G 4F · B 09

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