Recognised as Colour

#5B5311

#5B5311
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5B5311 is a yellow with RGB values 91, 83, 17 and HSL 54°, 69%, 21%. 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

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HEX#5B5311

RGBrgb(91, 83, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.3255, 0.0667

RGB percentages35.7%, 32.5%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(53.5, 68.5%, 21.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.5, 81.3%, 35.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.8%, 81.3%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,985,041

CSS custom property--colour: #5B5311;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08451WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.81:1

Contrast with white7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#A4ACEE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C5004no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E5416no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#634C46no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.1 Olive · ΔE 27.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 33.1 Sienna · ΔE 35.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 38.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#11195B

Analogous#5B2E11, #3E5B11

Triadic#115B53, #53115B

Split complementary#113E5B, #2E115B

Tetradic#115B2E, #11195B, #5B113E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0D158

Lighter +30%#D8C52D

Lighter +20%#B1A121

Lighter +10%#867A19

Darker −10%#302C09

Darker −20%#050501

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#695E04

Less saturated −25%#4E481F

Channel breakdown

R91

G83

B17

Red91 (35.7%)

Green83 (32.5%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue53.51°

Saturation (HSL)68.52%

Lightness21.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5B · G 53 · B 11

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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