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Recognised as Colour

#5E5519

  • #5E5519
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E5519 is a yellow with RGB values 94, 85, 25 and HSL 52°, 58%, 23%. 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

#5E5519#5E5519
HEX#5E5519
RGBrgb(94, 85, 25)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3333, 0.098
RGB percentages36.9%, 33.3%, 9.8%
HSLhsl(52.2, 58%, 23.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 73.4%, 36.9%)
CMYK0%, 9.6%, 73.4%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,182,169
CSS custom property--colour: #5E5519;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08947WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.53:1
Contrast with white7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#A1AAE6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D5211no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#60561Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#664F49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.5Olive · ΔE 28.5Saddle brown · ΔE 31.2Olivedrab · ΔE 34Sienna · ΔE 34.4Dim grey · ΔE 36.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#19225E
Analogous#5E3219, #455E19
Triadic#195E55, #55195E
Split complementary#19455E, #32195E
Tetradic#195E32, #19225E, #5E1945

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8CA6B
Lighter +30%#CDBB43
Lighter +20%#AF9E2E
Lighter +10%#867924
Darker −10%#36310E
Darker −20%#0D0C04
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6D600A
Less saturated −25%#4F4A28

Channel breakdown

R94
G85
B25
Red94 (36.9%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue25 (9.8%)
Hue52.17°
Saturation (HSL)57.98%
Lightness23.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5E · G 55 · B 19

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