Recognised as Colour

#5E5C25

#5E5C25
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5E5C25 is a yellow with RGB values 94, 92, 37 and HSL 58°, 44%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5E5C25#5E5C25

HEX#5E5C25

RGBrgb(94, 92, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.3608, 0.1451

RGB percentages36.9%, 36.1%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(57.9, 43.5%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.9, 60.6%, 36.9%)

CMYK0%, 2.1%, 60.6%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,183,973

CSS custom property--colour: #5E5C25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.92:1

Contrast with white6.92:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#A1A3DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#63591Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#655B28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#655650no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 12.2 Olive · ΔE 29.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 32.3 Dim grey · ΔE 32.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.2 Gray · ΔE 35.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 12.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25275E

Analogous#5E4025, #445E25

Triadic#255E5C, #5C255E

Split complementary#25445E, #3F255E

Tetradic#255E40, #25275E, #5E2544

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CECB81

Lighter +30%#BFBC5D

Lighter +20%#A7A442

Lighter +10%#838033

Darker −10%#393817

Darker −20%#151408

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6E6B15

Less saturated −25%#4E4D35

Channel breakdown

R94

G92

B37

Red94 (36.9%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue57.89°

Saturation (HSL)43.51%

Lightness25.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5E · G 5C · B 25

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