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Colour

#5E5217

  • #5E5217
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E5217 is a yellow with RGB values 94, 82, 23 and HSL 50°, 61%, 23%. 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

#5E5217#5E5217
HEX#5E5217
RGBrgb(94, 82, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3216, 0.0902
RGB percentages36.9%, 32.2%, 9%
HSLhsl(49.9, 60.7%, 22.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 75.5%, 36.9%)
CMYK0%, 12.8%, 75.5%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,181,399
CSS custom property--colour: #5E5217;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08476WCAG 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 7.79:1
Contrast with white7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#A1ADE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B500Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E541Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#664B46no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.4Olive · ΔE 29.6Saddle brown · ΔE 29.7Sienna · ΔE 33Olivedrab · ΔE 35.7Dim grey · ΔE 36.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#17235E
Analogous#5E2F17, #475E17
Triadic#175E52, #52175E
Split complementary#17465E, #2F175E
Tetradic#175E2F, #17235E, #5E1746

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAC667
Lighter +30%#D0B73E
Lighter +20%#B0992B
Lighter +10%#877621
Darker −10%#352E0D
Darker −20%#0C0B03
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6D5C08
Less saturated −25%#4F4826

Channel breakdown

R94
G82
B23
Red94 (36.9%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue49.86°
Saturation (HSL)60.68%
Lightness22.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5E · G 52 · B 17

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