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Recognised as Colour

#5B5115

  • #5B5115
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5B5115 is a yellow with RGB values 91, 81, 21 and HSL 51°, 63%, 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

#5B5115#5B5115
HEX#5B5115
RGBrgb(91, 81, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.3176, 0.0824
RGB percentages35.7%, 31.8%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(51.4, 62.5%, 22%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 76.9%, 35.7%)
CMYK0%, 11%, 76.9%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,984,533
CSS custom property--colour: #5B5115;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08163WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.9 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#A4AEEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#594F0Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C5219no 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 30.2 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 17.8Olive · ΔE 29.5Saddle brown · ΔE 30.7Sienna · ΔE 34.1Olivedrab · ΔE 35.3Dim grey · ΔE 36.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#151F5B
Analogous#5B2E15, #425B15
Triadic#155B51, #51155B
Split complementary#15425B, #2E155B
Tetradic#155B2E, #151F5B, #5B1542

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBC961
Lighter +30%#D1BB38
Lighter +20%#AE9B28
Lighter +10%#84761F
Darker −10%#322C0B
Darker −20%#080702
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#695B07
Less saturated −25%#4D4723

Channel breakdown

R91
G81
B21
Red91 (35.7%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue51.43°
Saturation (HSL)62.5%
Lightness21.96%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5B · G 51 · B 15

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