Recognised as Colour

#5B5114

#5B5114
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5B5114 is a yellow with RGB values 91, 81, 20 and HSL 52°, 64%, 22%. 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#5B5114

RGBrgb(91, 81, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.3176, 0.0784

RGB percentages35.7%, 31.8%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(51.5, 64%, 21.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 78%, 35.7%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 78%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,984,532

CSS custom property--colour: #5B5114;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0816WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.8 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#A4AEEB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A4F0Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C5218no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#634B45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.6 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 17.9 Olive · ΔE 29.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.7 Sienna · ΔE 34.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 35.1 Dim grey · ΔE 36.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#141E5B

Analogous#5B2D14, #425B14

Triadic#145B51, #51145B

Split complementary#14425B, #2D145B

Tetradic#145B2D, #141E5B, #5B1442

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DCCA5F

Lighter +30%#D3BD35

Lighter +20%#AF9B26

Lighter +10%#85761D

Darker −10%#312C0B

Darker −20%#070702

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#695B06

Less saturated −25%#4D4722

Channel breakdown

R91

G81

B20

Red91 (35.7%)

Green81 (31.8%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue51.55°

Saturation (HSL)63.96%

Lightness21.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5B · G 51 · B 14

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