Colour

#5E5527

#5E5527
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E5527 is a yellow with RGB values 94, 85, 39 and HSL 50°, 41%, 26%. 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

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HEX#5E5527

RGBrgb(94, 85, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3333, 0.1529

RGB percentages36.9%, 33.3%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(50.2, 41.4%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 58.5%, 36.9%)

CMYK0%, 9.6%, 58.5%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,182,183

CSS custom property--colour: #5E5527;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.49:1

Contrast with white7.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#A1AAD8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5323no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F5629no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#654F4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.2 Dim grey · ΔE 29.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.3 Gray · ΔE 33 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.1 Sienna · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27305E

Analogous#5E3A27, #4B5E27

Triadic#275E55, #55275E

Split complementary#274B5E, #3A275E

Tetradic#275E3A, #27305E, #5E274B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CCC185

Lighter +30%#BDAE61

Lighter +20%#A69645

Lighter +10%#827636

Darker −10%#3A3418

Darker −20%#161409

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6F6016

Less saturated −25%#4D4A38

Channel breakdown

R94

G85

B39

Red94 (36.9%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue50.18°

Saturation (HSL)41.35%

Lightness26.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5E · G 55 · B 27

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