Colour

#5E5218

#5E5218
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E5218 is a yellow with RGB values 94, 82, 24 and HSL 50°, 59%, 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

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HEX#5E5218

RGBrgb(94, 82, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3216, 0.0941

RGB percentages36.9%, 32.2%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(49.7, 59.3%, 23.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 74.5%, 36.9%)

CMYK0%, 12.8%, 74.5%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,181,400

CSS custom property--colour: #5E5218;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0848WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.6 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#A1ADE7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B5010no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E541Bno 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 29.9 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 18.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.7 Olive · ΔE 29.9 Sienna · ΔE 33 Dim grey · ΔE 35.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 35.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#18245E

Analogous#5E2F18, #475E18

Triadic#185E52, #52185E

Split complementary#18475E, #2F185E

Tetradic#185E2F, #18245E, #5E1847

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9C669

Lighter +30%#CEB641

Lighter +20%#AF992D

Lighter +10%#877522

Darker −10%#352F0E

Darker −20%#0D0B03

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6D5C09

Less saturated −25%#4F4827

Channel breakdown

R94

G82

B24

Red94 (36.9%)

Green82 (32.2%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue49.71°

Saturation (HSL)59.32%

Lightness23.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5E · G 52 · B 18

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