Colour

#5E520D

#5E520D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E520D is a yellow with RGB values 94, 82, 13 and HSL 51°, 76%, 21%. 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#5E520D

RGBrgb(94, 82, 13)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3216, 0.051

RGB percentages36.9%, 32.2%, 5.1%

HSLhsl(51.1, 75.7%, 21%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 86.2%, 36.9%)

CMYK0%, 12.8%, 86.2%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,181,389

CSS custom property--colour: #5E520D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.81:1

Contrast with white7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#A1ADF2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B5000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E5412no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#664B45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.3 Olive · ΔE 26.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.6 Sienna · ΔE 33.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 33.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 36.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D195E

Analogous#5E290D, #425E0D

Triadic#0D5E52, #520D5E

Split complementary#0D425E, #290D5E

Tetradic#0D5E29, #0D195E, #5E0D42

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7D150

Lighter +30%#E1C523

Lighter +20%#B8A019

Lighter +10%#8B7913

Darker −10%#312B07

Darker −20%#040401

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6B5B00

Less saturated −25%#51491A

Channel breakdown

R94

G82

B13

Red94 (36.9%)

Green82 (32.2%)

Blue13 (5.1%)

Hue51.11°

Saturation (HSL)75.7%

Lightness20.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5E · G 52 · B 0D

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