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Recognised as Colour

#5F501B

  • #5F501B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5F501B is a yellow with RGB values 95, 80, 27 and HSL 47°, 56%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5F501B#5F501B
HEX#5F501B
RGBrgb(95, 80, 27)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.3137, 0.1059
RGB percentages37.3%, 31.4%, 10.6%
HSLhsl(46.8, 55.7%, 23.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.8, 71.6%, 37.3%)
CMYK0%, 15.8%, 71.6%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,246,427
CSS custom property--colour: #5F501B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08249WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.92:1
Contrast with white7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#A0AFE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#594F14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D531Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#674945no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20Saddle brown · ΔE 28.4Sienna · ΔE 31.4Olive · ΔE 32.3Dim grey · ΔE 33.9Gray · ΔE 37.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1B2A5F
Analogous#5F2E1B, #4C5F1B
Triadic#1B5F50, #501B5F
Split complementary#1B4C5F, #2E1B5F
Tetradic#1B5F2E, #1B2A5F, #5F1B4C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6C070
Lighter +30%#CBAE48
Lighter +20%#AE9332
Lighter +10%#877126
Darker −10%#372F10
Darker −20%#100D04
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6E590C
Less saturated −25%#50472A

Channel breakdown

R95
G80
B27
Red95 (37.3%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue27 (10.6%)
Hue46.76°
Saturation (HSL)55.74%
Lightness23.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5F · G 50 · B 1B

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