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Recognised as Colour

#5E562A

  • #5E562A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E562A is a yellow with RGB values 94, 86, 42 and HSL 51°, 38%, 27%. 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

#5E562A#5E562A
HEX#5E562A
RGBrgb(94, 86, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3373, 0.1647
RGB percentages36.9%, 33.7%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(50.8, 38.2%, 26.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 55.3%, 36.9%)
CMYK0%, 8.5%, 55.3%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,182,442
CSS custom property--colour: #5E562A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.39:1
Contrast with white7.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#A1A9D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D5426no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#60572Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#65514Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17Dim grey · ΔE 27.9Gray · ΔE 31.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.8Saddle brown · ΔE 33.1Sienna · ΔE 34.7
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#2A325E
Analogous#5E3C2A, #4C5E2A
Triadic#2A5E56, #562A5E
Split complementary#2A4C5E, #3C2A5E
Tetradic#2A5E3C, #2A325E, #5E2A4C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CBC18A
Lighter +30%#BBAE66
Lighter +20%#A5974A
Lighter +10%#81763A
Darker −10%#3B361A
Darker −20%#18160B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6F6219
Less saturated −25%#4D4A3B

Channel breakdown

R94
G86
B42
Red94 (36.9%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue50.77°
Saturation (HSL)38.24%
Lightness26.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5E · G 56 · B 2A

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