Colour

#A29124

#A29124
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A29124 is a yellow with RGB values 162, 145, 36 and HSL 52°, 64%, 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

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HEX#A29124

RGBrgb(162, 145, 36)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.5686, 0.1412

RGB percentages63.5%, 56.9%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(51.9, 63.6%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 77.8%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 10.5%, 77.8%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,653,988

CSS custom property--colour: #A29124;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2806WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.61:1

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

Contrast with black6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#5D6EDB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A08D0Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4932Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AF867Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.6 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 text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.1 Peru · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2435A2

Analogous#A25224, #74A224

Triadic#24A291, #9124A2

Split complementary#2474A2, #5224A2

Tetradic#24A252, #2435A2, #A22474

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBE2A7

Lighter +30%#E2D47D

Lighter +20%#D9C753

Lighter +10%#CCB62D

Darker −10%#786C1B

Darker −20%#4F4611

Darker −30%#252108

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BBA30B

Less saturated −25%#897F3D

Channel breakdown

R162

G145

B36

Red162 (63.5%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue51.9°

Saturation (HSL)63.64%

Lightness38.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 91 · B 24

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