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Recognised as Colour

#5F542E

  • #5F542E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5F542E is a yellow with RGB values 95, 84, 46 and HSL 47°, 35%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5F542E#5F542E
HEX#5F542E
RGBrgb(95, 84, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.3294, 0.1804
RGB percentages37.3%, 32.9%, 18%
HSLhsl(46.5, 34.8%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.5, 51.6%, 37.3%)
CMYK0%, 11.6%, 51.6%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,247,470
CSS custom property--colour: #5F542E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08971WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.52:1
Contrast with white7.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#A0ABD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B532Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E562Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#664F4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.9Dim grey · ΔE 25.3Gray · ΔE 29.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.8Saddle brown · ΔE 32.7Sienna · ΔE 33.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E395F
Analogous#5F3B2E, #525F2E
Triadic#2E5F54, #542E5F
Split complementary#2E525F, #3B2E5F
Tetradic#2E5F3C, #2E395F, #5F2E52

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9BC90
Lighter +30%#B9A86D
Lighter +20%#A4914F
Lighter +10%#81723F
Darker −10%#3D361D
Darker −20%#1A170D
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#715E1C
Less saturated −25%#4D4A40

Channel breakdown

R95
G84
B46
Red95 (37.3%)
Green84 (32.9%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue46.53°
Saturation (HSL)34.75%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5F · G 54 · B 2E

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