Colour

#5C500F

#5C500F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5C500F is a yellow with RGB values 92, 80, 15 and HSL 51°, 72%, 21%. 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#5C500F

RGBrgb(92, 80, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.3137, 0.0588

RGB percentages36.1%, 31.4%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(50.6, 72%, 21%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 83.7%, 36.1%)

CMYK0%, 13%, 83.7%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,049,807

CSS custom property--colour: #5C500F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08047WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.05:1

Contrast with white8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#A3AFF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#594E02no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C5214no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#644944no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.3 Olive · ΔE 28.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.6 Sienna · ΔE 33.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 35.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 38

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F1B5C

Analogous#5C2A0F, #425C0F

Triadic#0F5C50, #500F5C

Split complementary#0F415C, #2A0F5C

Tetradic#0F5C29, #0F1B5C, #5C0F41

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3CD54

Lighter +30%#DCC028

Lighter +20%#B49C1D

Lighter +10%#887616

Darker −10%#302A08

Darker −20%#040401

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#695902

Less saturated −25%#4F471C

Channel breakdown

R92

G80

B15

Red92 (36.1%)

Green80 (31.4%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue50.65°

Saturation (HSL)71.96%

Lightness20.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5C · G 50 · B 0F

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Colour values

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