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Recognised as Colour

#5E5C06

  • #5E5C06
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E5C06 is a yellow with RGB values 94, 92, 6 and HSL 59°, 88%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5E5C06#5E5C06
HEX#5E5C06
RGBrgb(94, 92, 6)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3608, 0.0235
RGB percentages36.9%, 36.1%, 2.4%
HSLhsl(58.6, 88%, 19.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.6, 93.6%, 36.9%)
CMYK0%, 2.1%, 93.6%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,183,942
CSS custom property--colour: #5E5C06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10047WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.98:1
Contrast with white6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#A1A3F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#655800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#665A10no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Tritanopia#66554Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.6Olive · ΔE 19.7Olivedrab · ΔE 26.2Dark green · ΔE 34.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.5Saddle brown · ΔE 35.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#06085E
Analogous#5E3006, #345E06
Triadic#065E5C, #5C065E
Split complementary#06345E, #30065E
Tetradic#065E30, #06085E, #5E0634

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3EF3D
Lighter +30%#EEE90F
Lighter +20%#BEBA0C
Lighter +10%#8E8B09
Darker −10%#2E2D03
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#646200
Less saturated −25%#525013

Channel breakdown

R94
G92
B6
Red94 (36.9%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue6 (2.4%)
Hue58.64°
Saturation (HSL)88%
Lightness19.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5E · G 5C · B 06

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