Recognised as Colour

#705F23

#705F23
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#705F23 is a yellow with RGB values 112, 95, 35 and HSL 47°, 52%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#705F23

RGBrgb(112, 95, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.3725, 0.1373

RGB percentages43.9%, 37.3%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(46.8, 52.4%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.8, 68.8%, 43.9%)

CMYK0%, 15.2%, 68.8%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,364,387

CSS custom property--colour: #705F23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.27:1

Contrast with white6.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#8FA0DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#695D1Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D6226no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#795752no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.9 Olive · ΔE 26.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 27.8 Sienna · ΔE 30.1 Peru · ΔE 32.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 33.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#233470

Analogous#703823, #5B7023

Triadic#23705F, #5F2370

Split complementary#235B70, #382370

Tetradic#237038, #233470, #70235B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9C786

Lighter +30%#CDB55F

Lighter +20%#BEA13B

Lighter +10%#97802F

Darker −10%#493E17

Darker −20%#221D0B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#826911

Less saturated −25%#5E5535

Channel breakdown

R112

G95

B35

Red112 (43.9%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue46.75°

Saturation (HSL)52.38%

Lightness28.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 70 · G 5F · B 23

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