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Recognised as Colour

#5E541E

  • #5E541E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E541E is a yellow with RGB values 94, 84, 30 and HSL 51°, 52%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5E541E#5E541E
HEX#5E541E
RGBrgb(94, 84, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3294, 0.1176
RGB percentages36.9%, 32.9%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(50.6, 51.6%, 24.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 68.1%, 36.9%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 68.1%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,181,918
CSS custom property--colour: #5E541E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.6:1
Contrast with white7.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#A1ABE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C5218no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F5521no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#654E49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17Saddle brown · ΔE 31Olive · ΔE 31Dim grey · ΔE 33.4Sienna · ΔE 33.7Olivedrab · ΔE 36
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E285E
Analogous#5E341E, #485E1E
Triadic#1E5E54, #541E5E
Split complementary#1E485E, #341E5E
Tetradic#1E5E34, #1E285E, #5E1E48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3C475
Lighter +30%#C7B44E
Lighter +20%#AB9937
Lighter +10%#85772A
Darker −10%#373112
Darker −20%#110F05
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6E5F0F
Less saturated −25%#4F492E

Channel breakdown

R94
G84
B30
Red94 (36.9%)
Green84 (32.9%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue50.63°
Saturation (HSL)51.61%
Lightness24.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5E · G 54 · B 1E

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