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Recognised as Colour

#5B6217

  • #5B6217
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5B6217 is a yellow with RGB values 91, 98, 23 and HSL 66°, 62%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5B6217#5B6217
HEX#5B6217
RGBrgb(91, 98, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.3843, 0.0902
RGB percentages35.7%, 38.4%, 9%
HSLhsl(65.6, 62%, 23.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65.6, 76.5%, 38.4%)
CMYK7.1%, 0%, 76.5%, 61.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,988,887
CSS custom property--colour: #5B6217;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.55:1
Contrast with white6.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#A49DE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6A5D09no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#695E1Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#615C53no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 10.6Olive · ΔE 21.3Olivedrab · ΔE 23.7Dark green · ΔE 30.5Dark khaki · ΔE 34.1Sea green · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 10.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E1762
Analogous#624417, #356217
Triadic#175B62, #62175B
Split complementary#173562, #441762
Tetradic#176244, #1E1762, #621735

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1DC69
Lighter +30%#C4D240
Lighter +20%#A8B52A
Lighter +10%#818B21
Darker −10%#35390D
Darker −20%#0E0F04
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#677108
Less saturated −25%#4F5326

Channel breakdown

R91
G98
B23
Red91 (35.7%)
Green98 (38.4%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue65.6°
Saturation (HSL)61.98%
Lightness23.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5B · G 62 · B 17

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