Recognised as Colour

#5C521F

#5C521F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5C521F is a yellow with RGB values 92, 82, 31 and HSL 50°, 50%, 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

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HEX#5C521F

RGBrgb(92, 82, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.3216, 0.1216

RGB percentages36.1%, 32.2%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(50.2, 49.6%, 24.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 66.3%, 36.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.9%, 66.3%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,050,335

CSS custom property--colour: #5C521F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.83:1

Contrast with white7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#A3ADE0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A5019no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D5322no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#634C47no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.2 Dim grey · ΔE 32.3 Olive · ΔE 32.7 Sienna · ΔE 33.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.7

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#1F295C

Analogous#5C341F, #485C1F

Triadic#1F5C52, #521F5C

Split complementary#1F485C, #341F5C

Tetradic#1F5C33, #1F295C, #5C1F47

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1C276

Lighter +30%#C4B150

Lighter +20%#A89639

Lighter +10%#82742C

Darker −10%#363012

Darker −20%#100E05

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6B5C10

Less saturated −25%#4D482E

Channel breakdown

R92

G82

B31

Red92 (36.1%)

Green82 (32.2%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue50.16°

Saturation (HSL)49.59%

Lightness24.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5C · G 52 · B 1F

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