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Colour

#5C511A

  • #5C511A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5C511A is a yellow with RGB values 92, 81, 26 and HSL 50°, 56%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5C511A#5C511A
HEX#5C511A
RGBrgb(92, 81, 26)
RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.3176, 0.102
RGB percentages36.1%, 31.8%, 10.2%
HSLhsl(50, 55.9%, 23.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50, 71.7%, 36.1%)
CMYK0%, 12%, 71.7%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,050,074
CSS custom property--colour: #5C511A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08235WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.93:1
Contrast with white7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#A3AEE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#594F13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C531Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#644B46no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.1Saddle brown · ΔE 30.4Olive · ΔE 31.3Sienna · ΔE 33.4Dim grey · ΔE 34.4Olivedrab · ΔE 36.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1A255C
Analogous#5C301A, #465C1A
Triadic#1A5C51, #511A5C
Split complementary#1A465C, #301A5C
Tetradic#1A5C30, #1A255C, #5C1A46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6C46C
Lighter +30%#CAB445
Lighter +20%#AC9730
Lighter +10%#847425
Darker −10%#342E0F
Darker −20%#0C0B04
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6B5B0B
Less saturated −25%#4D4729

Channel breakdown

R92
G81
B26
Red92 (36.1%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue26 (10.2%)
Hue50°
Saturation (HSL)55.93%
Lightness23.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5C · G 51 · B 1A

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