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Recognised as Colour

#5E550F

  • #5E550F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E550F is a yellow with RGB values 94, 85, 15 and HSL 53°, 72%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5E550F#5E550F
HEX#5E550F
RGBrgb(94, 85, 15)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3333, 0.0588
RGB percentages36.9%, 33.3%, 5.9%
HSLhsl(53.2, 72.5%, 21.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.2, 84%, 36.9%)
CMYK0%, 9.6%, 84%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,182,159
CSS custom property--colour: #5E550F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.55:1
Contrast with white7.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#A1AAF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E5201no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#605614no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#664E48no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.6Olive · ΔE 25.4Saddle brown · ΔE 31.2Olivedrab · ΔE 32.1Sienna · ΔE 35.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 36.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0F185E
Analogous#5E2D0F, #405E0F
Triadic#0F5E55, #550F5E
Split complementary#0F405E, #2D0F5E
Tetradic#0F5E2D, #0F185E, #5E0F40

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4D455
Lighter +30%#DDC829
Lighter +20%#B6A51D
Lighter +10%#8A7D16
Darker −10%#322D08
Darker −20%#060501
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6C6001
Less saturated −25%#504A1D

Channel breakdown

R94
G85
B15
Red94 (36.9%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue15 (5.9%)
Hue53.16°
Saturation (HSL)72.48%
Lightness21.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5E · G 55 · B 0F

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