Colour

#5F5941

#5F5941
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#5F5941 is a yellow with RGB values 95, 89, 65 and HSL 48°, 19%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#5F5941#5F5941

HEX#5F5941

RGBrgb(95, 89, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.349, 0.2549

RGB percentages37.3%, 34.9%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(48, 18.8%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 31.6%, 37.3%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 31.6%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,248,769

CSS custom property--colour: #5F5941;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09959WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.02:1

Contrast with white7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#A0A6BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E583Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#605A42no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#645553no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 16.3 Gray · ΔE 21.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 22 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.6 Slate grey · ΔE 29.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 16.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#41475F

Analogous#5F4A41, #565F41

Triadic#415F59, #59415F

Split complementary#41565F, #4A415F

Tetradic#415F4A, #41475F, #5F4156

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4BEA8

Lighter +30%#AFA88A

Lighter +20%#9A916C

Lighter +10%#7D7556

Darker −10%#413D2C

Darker −20%#222018

Darker −30%#040403

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#73652D

Less saturated −25%#505050

Channel breakdown

R95

G89

B65

Red95 (37.3%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)18.75%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5F · G 59 · B 41

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