Colour

#5B511E

#5B511E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5B511E is a yellow with RGB values 91, 81, 30 and HSL 50°, 50%, 24%. 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#5B511E

RGBrgb(91, 81, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.3176, 0.1176

RGB percentages35.7%, 31.8%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(50.2, 50.4%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 67%, 35.7%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 67%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,984,542

CSS custom property--colour: #5B511E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.95:1

Contrast with white7.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#A4AEE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#594F18no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C5221no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#624B46no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.2 Dim grey · ΔE 32.4 Olive · ΔE 32.9 Sienna · ΔE 33.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E285B

Analogous#5B321E, #475B1E

Triadic#1E5B51, #511E5B

Split complementary#1E475B, #331E5B

Tetradic#1E5B32, #1E285B, #5B1E46

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1C274

Lighter +30%#C4B14E

Lighter +20%#A89537

Lighter +10%#81732B

Darker −10%#352F11

Darker −20%#0E0D05

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6A5B0F

Less saturated −25%#4C472D

Channel breakdown

R91

G81

B30

Red91 (35.7%)

Green81 (31.8%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue50.16°

Saturation (HSL)50.41%

Lightness23.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5B · G 51 · B 1E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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