Colour

#A09139

#A09139
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A09139 is a yellow with RGB values 160, 145, 57 and HSL 51°, 47%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A09139#A09139

HEX#A09139

RGBrgb(160, 145, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.5686, 0.2235

RGB percentages62.7%, 56.9%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(51.3, 47.5%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 64.4%, 62.7%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 64.4%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,522,937

CSS custom property--colour: #A09139;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.6:1

Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#5F6EC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9E8D2Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2933Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#AC877Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.6 Peru · ΔE 26.8 Burlywood · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3948A0

Analogous#A05E39, #7BA039

Triadic#39A091, #9139A0

Split complementary#397BA0, #5E39A0

Tetradic#39A05E, #3948A0, #A0397B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8E1BD

Lighter +30%#DAD198

Lighter +20%#CDC072

Lighter +10%#BFAF4D

Darker −10%#7A6F2C

Darker −20%#554D1E

Darker −30%#2F2B11

Darker −40%#0A0903

More saturated +25%#BBA41E

Less saturated −25%#857E54

Channel breakdown

R160

G145

B57

Red160 (62.7%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue51.26°

Saturation (HSL)47.47%

Lightness42.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A0 · G 91 · B 39

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