Colour

#5B5018

#5B5018
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5B5018 is a yellow with RGB values 91, 80, 24 and HSL 50°, 58%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#5B5018

RGBrgb(91, 80, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.3137, 0.0941

RGB percentages35.7%, 31.4%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(50.1, 58.3%, 22.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 73.6%, 35.7%)

CMYK0%, 12.1%, 73.6%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,984,280

CSS custom property--colour: #5B5018;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.06:1

Contrast with white8.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#A4AFE7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#584E10no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B521Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#634A45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.3 Olive · ΔE 31.1 Sienna · ΔE 33.5 Dim grey · ΔE 35 Olivedrab · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#18235B

Analogous#5B2E18, #455B18

Triadic#185B50, #50185B

Split complementary#18455B, #2E185B

Tetradic#185B2E, #18235B, #5B1845

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7C568

Lighter +30%#CCB540

Lighter +20%#AC972D

Lighter +10%#837323

Darker −10%#332D0D

Darker −20%#0A0903

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#695A0A

Less saturated −25%#4D4626

Channel breakdown

R91

G80

B24

Red91 (35.7%)

Green80 (31.4%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue50.15°

Saturation (HSL)58.26%

Lightness22.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5B · G 50 · B 18

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