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Recognised as Colour

#5B522A

  • #5B522A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5B522A is a yellow with RGB values 91, 82, 42 and HSL 49°, 37%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5B522A#5B522A
HEX#5B522A
RGBrgb(91, 82, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.3216, 0.1647
RGB percentages35.7%, 32.2%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(49, 36.8%, 26.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49, 53.8%, 35.7%)
CMYK0%, 9.9%, 53.8%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,984,810
CSS custom property--colour: #5B522A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.82:1
Contrast with white7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#A4ADD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#595027no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B532Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#614D49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19Dim grey · ΔE 26.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.1Gray · ΔE 31.1Saddle brown · ΔE 33.2Sienna · ΔE 34.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2A335B
Analogous#5B3A2A, #4C5B2A
Triadic#2A5B52, #522A5B
Split complementary#2A4C5B, #3A2A5B
Tetradic#2A5B3A, #2A335B, #5B2A4C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8BD89
Lighter +30%#B8A966
Lighter +20%#A1914A
Lighter +10%#7E713A
Darker −10%#38331A
Darker −20%#15130A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6C5D19
Less saturated −25%#4A473B

Channel breakdown

R91
G82
B42
Red91 (35.7%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue48.98°
Saturation (HSL)36.84%
Lightness26.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5B · G 52 · B 2A

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