Recognised as Colour

#5E4E16

#5E4E16
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E4E16 is a yellow with RGB values 94, 78, 22 and HSL 47°, 62%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#5E4E16

RGBrgb(94, 78, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3059, 0.0863

RGB percentages36.9%, 30.6%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(46.7, 62.1%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.7, 76.6%, 36.9%)

CMYK0%, 17%, 76.6%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,180,374

CSS custom property--colour: #5E4E16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.15:1

Contrast with white8.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#A1B1E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#574D0Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B5119no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#664743no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 27.7 Sienna · ΔE 31.1 Olive · ΔE 31.7 Dim grey · ΔE 35.6 Peru · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#16265E

Analogous#5E2A16, #4A5E16

Triadic#165E4E, #4E165E

Split complementary#164A5E, #2A165E

Tetradic#165E2A, #16265E, #5E164A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBC165

Lighter +30%#D1B03C

Lighter +20%#B19329

Lighter +10%#877020

Darker −10%#352C0C

Darker −20%#0B0903

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6C5608

Less saturated −25%#4F4625

Channel breakdown

R94

G78

B22

Red94 (36.9%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue46.67°

Saturation (HSL)62.07%

Lightness22.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5E · G 4E · B 16

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