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Recognised as Colour

#5E5C09

  • #5E5C09
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E5C09 is a yellow with RGB values 94, 92, 9 and HSL 59°, 83%, 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

#5E5C09#5E5C09
HEX#5E5C09
RGBrgb(94, 92, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3608, 0.0353
RGB percentages36.9%, 36.1%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(58.6, 82.5%, 20.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.6, 90.4%, 36.9%)
CMYK0%, 2.1%, 90.4%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,183,945
CSS custom property--colour: #5E5C09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10054WCAG 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#A1A3F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#655800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#665B12no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#66554Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.7 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 16.1Olive · ΔE 20.3Olivedrab · ΔE 26.5Dark green · ΔE 34.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.9Saddle brown · ΔE 35.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#090B5E
Analogous#5E3109, #355E09
Triadic#095E5C, #5C095E
Split complementary#09355E, #31095E
Tetradic#095E32, #090B5E, #5E0936

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE946
Lighter +30%#E9E417
Lighter +20%#BBB712
Lighter +10%#8D8A0D
Darker −10%#2F2E05
Darker −20%#010100
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#676500
Less saturated −25%#515016

Channel breakdown

R94
G92
B9
Red94 (36.9%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue58.59°
Saturation (HSL)82.52%
Lightness20.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5E · G 5C · B 09

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