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Recognised as Colour

#5C521C

  • #5C521C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5C521C is a yellow with RGB values 92, 82, 28 and HSL 51°, 53%, 24%. 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

#5C521C#5C521C
HEX#5C521C
RGBrgb(92, 82, 28)
RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.3216, 0.1098
RGB percentages36.1%, 32.2%, 11%
HSLhsl(50.6, 53.3%, 23.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 69.6%, 36.1%)
CMYK0%, 10.9%, 69.6%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,050,332
CSS custom property--colour: #5C521C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.84:1
Contrast with white7.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#A3ADE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A5015no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D531Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#634C47no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.4Saddle brown · ΔE 31Olive · ΔE 31.4Dim grey · ΔE 33.7Sienna · ΔE 33.9Olivedrab · ΔE 36.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1C265C
Analogous#5C321C, #465C1C
Triadic#1C5C52, #521C5C
Split complementary#1C465C, #321C5C
Tetradic#1C5C32, #1C265C, #5C1C46

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4C470
Lighter +30%#C8B449
Lighter +20%#AA9834
Lighter +10%#837528
Darker −10%#352F10
Darker −20%#0E0C04
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6B5C0D
Less saturated −25%#4D482B

Channel breakdown

R92
G82
B28
Red92 (36.1%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue28 (11%)
Hue50.63°
Saturation (HSL)53.33%
Lightness23.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5C · G 52 · B 1C

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