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Recognised as Colour

#5F5517

  • #5F5517
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5F5517 is a yellow with RGB values 95, 85, 23 and HSL 52°, 61%, 23%. 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

#5F5517#5F5517
HEX#5F5517
RGBrgb(95, 85, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.3333, 0.0902
RGB percentages37.3%, 33.3%, 9%
HSLhsl(51.7, 61%, 23.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 75.8%, 37.3%)
CMYK0%, 10.5%, 75.8%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,247,703
CSS custom property--colour: #5F5517;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.5:1
Contrast with white7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#A0AAE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E520Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#61561Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#674E49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.1Olive · ΔE 27.8Saddle brown · ΔE 30.7Olivedrab · ΔE 33.8Sienna · ΔE 34Dim grey · ΔE 37
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#17215F
Analogous#5F3117, #455F17
Triadic#175F55, #55175F
Split complementary#17455F, #31175F
Tetradic#175F31, #17215F, #5F1745

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DACA68
Lighter +30%#D0BC3F
Lighter +20%#B19E2B
Lighter +10%#887A21
Darker −10%#36300D
Darker −20%#0D0C03
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6E6008
Less saturated −25%#504A26

Channel breakdown

R95
G85
B23
Red95 (37.3%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue51.67°
Saturation (HSL)61.02%
Lightness23.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5F · G 55 · B 17

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