Recognised as Colour

#5E5125

#5E5125
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E5125 is a yellow with RGB values 94, 81, 37 and HSL 46°, 44%, 26%. 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#5E5125

RGBrgb(94, 81, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3176, 0.1451

RGB percentages36.9%, 31.8%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(46.3, 43.5%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.3, 60.6%, 36.9%)

CMYK0%, 13.8%, 60.6%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,181,157

CSS custom property--colour: #5E5125;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.5 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#515151

Inverted#A1AEDA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#595021no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C5327no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#654B47no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 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 19.7 Dim grey · ΔE 29.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.5 Sienna · ΔE 32.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.2 Gray · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25325E

Analogous#5E3525, #4F5E25

Triadic#255E51, #51255E

Split complementary#254F5E, #34255E

Tetradic#255E34, #25325E, #5E254F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CEBC81

Lighter +30%#BFA95D

Lighter +20%#A79042

Lighter +10%#837133

Darker −10%#393117

Darker −20%#151208

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6E5A15

Less saturated −25%#4E4835

Channel breakdown

R94

G81

B37

Red94 (36.9%)

Green81 (31.8%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue46.32°

Saturation (HSL)43.51%

Lightness25.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5E · G 51 · B 25

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