Recognised as Colour

#A29026

#A29026
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A29026 is a yellow with RGB values 162, 144, 38 and HSL 51°, 62%, 39%. 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

#A29026#A29026

HEX#A29026

RGBrgb(162, 144, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.5647, 0.149

RGB percentages63.5%, 56.5%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(51.3, 62%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 76.5%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.1%, 76.5%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,653,734

CSS custom property--colour: #A29026;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.55:1

Contrast with white3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#5D6FD9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8C11no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A3932Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#AF857Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.4 Peru · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2638A2

Analogous#A25226, #76A226

Triadic#26A290, #9026A2

Split complementary#2676A2, #5226A2

Tetradic#26A252, #2638A2, #A22676

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBE1A9

Lighter +30%#E1D380

Lighter +20%#D7C557

Lighter +10%#CBB530

Darker −10%#796B1C

Darker −20%#4F4713

Darker −30%#262209

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BBA20D

Less saturated −25%#897E3F

Channel breakdown

R162

G144

B38

Red162 (63.5%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue51.29°

Saturation (HSL)62%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 90 · B 26

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Colour values

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