Recognised as Colour

#5E591B

#5E591B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E591B is a yellow with RGB values 94, 89, 27 and HSL 56°, 55%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#5E591B

RGBrgb(94, 89, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.349, 0.1059

RGB percentages36.9%, 34.9%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(55.5, 55.4%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.5, 71.3%, 36.9%)

CMYK0%, 5.3%, 71.3%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,183,195

CSS custom property--colour: #5E591B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09604WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.19:1

Contrast with white7.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#A1A6E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#615613no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#63591Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#65534Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 14.2 Olive · ΔE 26.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 31.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.3 Sienna · ΔE 36.3 Dim grey · ΔE 36.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 14.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B205E

Analogous#5E371B, #425E1B

Triadic#1B5E59, #591B5E

Split complementary#1B425E, #371B5E

Tetradic#1B5E38, #1B205E, #5E1B42

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6CE6F

Lighter +30%#CAC148

Lighter +20%#ADA432

Lighter +10%#867F26

Darker −10%#363310

Darker −20%#0F0E04

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6D660C

Less saturated −25%#4F4C2A

Channel breakdown

R94

G89

B27

Red94 (36.9%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue55.52°

Saturation (HSL)55.37%

Lightness23.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5E · G 59 · B 1B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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