Recognised as Colour

#5E5118

#5E5118
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E5118 is a yellow with RGB values 94, 81, 24 and HSL 49°, 59%, 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

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HEX#5E5118

RGBrgb(94, 81, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3176, 0.0941

RGB percentages36.9%, 31.8%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(48.9, 59.3%, 23.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 74.5%, 36.9%)

CMYK0%, 13.8%, 74.5%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,181,144

CSS custom property--colour: #5E5118;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0833WCAG 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 7.88:1

Contrast with white7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#A1AEE7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A4F10no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D531Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#664A45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.2 Olive · ΔE 30.6 Sienna · ΔE 32.5 Dim grey · ΔE 35.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#18255E

Analogous#5E2E18, #485E18

Triadic#185E51, #51185E

Split complementary#18485E, #2E185E

Tetradic#185E2E, #18255E, #5E1848

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9C469

Lighter +30%#CEB441

Lighter +20%#AF972D

Lighter +10%#877422

Darker −10%#352E0E

Darker −20%#0D0B03

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6D5A09

Less saturated −25%#4F4827

Channel breakdown

R94

G81

B24

Red94 (36.9%)

Green81 (31.8%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue48.86°

Saturation (HSL)59.32%

Lightness23.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5E · G 51 · B 18

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