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Recognised as Colour

#5E5533

  • #5E5533
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E5533 is a yellow with RGB values 94, 85, 51 and HSL 47°, 30%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5E5533#5E5533
HEX#5E5533
RGBrgb(94, 85, 51)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3333, 0.2
RGB percentages36.9%, 33.3%, 20%
HSLhsl(47.4, 29.7%, 28.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.4, 45.7%, 36.9%)
CMYK0%, 9.6%, 45.7%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,182,195
CSS custom property--colour: #5E5533;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.44:1
Contrast with white7.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#A1AACC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C5330no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E5634no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#64504Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.44:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.4Dim grey · ΔE 22.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.2Gray · ΔE 27.4Saddle brown · ΔE 34.5Sienna · ΔE 35.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#333C5E
Analogous#5E4033, #525E33
Triadic#335E55, #55335E
Split complementary#33525E, #40335E
Tetradic#335E40, #333C5E, #5E3351

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6BC97
Lighter +30%#B4A776
Lighter +20%#A09157
Lighter +10%#7F7345
Darker −10%#3D3721
Darker −20%#1C190F
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#706021
Less saturated −25%#4C4A45

Channel breakdown

R94
G85
B51
Red94 (36.9%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue51 (20%)
Hue47.44°
Saturation (HSL)29.66%
Lightness28.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5E · G 55 · B 33

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