Colour

#5E4E00

#5E4E00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E4E00 is a yellow with RGB values 94, 78, 0 and HSL 50°, 100%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#5E4E00

RGBrgb(94, 78, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3059, 0

RGB percentages36.9%, 30.6%, 0%

HSLhsl(49.8, 100%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 100%, 36.9%)

CMYK0%, 17%, 100%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,180,352

CSS custom property--colour: #5E4E00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.18:1

Contrast with white8.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#A1B1FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#584C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C5106no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#674741no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.9 Olive · ΔE 26.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 27.7 Sienna · ΔE 32.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 35.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 22.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00105E

Analogous#5E1F00, #3F5E00

Triadic#005E4E, #4E005E

Split complementary#003F5E, #1F005E

Tetradic#005E1F, #00105E, #5E003F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFDB2B

Lighter +30%#F7CD00

Lighter +20%#C4A300

Lighter +10%#917800

Darker −10%#2B2400

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5E4E00

Less saturated −25%#52460C

Channel breakdown

R94

G78

Red94 (36.9%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue49.79°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness18.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5E · G 4E · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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