Colour

#5E5311

#5E5311
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E5311 is a yellow with RGB values 94, 83, 17 and HSL 51°, 69%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#5E5311

RGBrgb(94, 83, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3255, 0.0667

RGB percentages36.9%, 32.5%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(51.4, 69.4%, 21.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 81.9%, 36.9%)

CMYK0%, 11.7%, 81.9%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,181,649

CSS custom property--colour: #5E5311;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08607WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.72:1

Contrast with white7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#A1ACEE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C5104no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F5516no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#664C46no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.3 Olive · ΔE 27.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 33.8 Sienna · ΔE 33.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37.2

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#111C5E

Analogous#5E2D11, #425E11

Triadic#115E53, #53115E

Split complementary#11425E, #2D115E

Tetradic#115E2D, #111C5E, #5E1142

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1CE5A

Lighter +30%#D9C12F

Lighter +20%#B49F21

Lighter +10%#897919

Darker −10%#332D09

Darker −20%#080701

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6C5D03

Less saturated −25%#50491F

Channel breakdown

R94

G83

B17

Red94 (36.9%)

Green83 (32.5%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)69.37%

Lightness21.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5E · G 53 · B 11

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