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Colour

#5B5900

  • #5B5900
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5B5900 is a yellow with RGB values 91, 89, 0 and HSL 59°, 100%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5B5900#5B5900
HEX#5B5900
RGBrgb(91, 89, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.349, 0
RGB percentages35.7%, 34.9%, 0%
HSLhsl(58.7, 100%, 17.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.7, 100%, 35.7%)
CMYK0%, 2.2%, 100%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,986,560
CSS custom property--colour: #5B5900;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.31:1
Contrast with white7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#A4A6FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#625500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#63580Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#63524Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.6Olive · ΔE 20.1Olivedrab · ΔE 26.9Dark green · ΔE 34.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.8Saddle brown · ΔE 35.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#00025B
Analogous#5B2B00, #305B00
Triadic#005B59, #59005B
Split complementary#00305B, #2B005B
Tetradic#005B2B, #00025B, #5B0030

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFA28
Lighter +30%#F4EF00
Lighter +20%#C1BD00
Lighter +10%#8E8B00
Darker −10%#282700
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5B5900
Less saturated −25%#504E0B

Channel breakdown

R91
G89
B0
Red91 (35.7%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue58.68°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness17.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5B · G 59 · B 00

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