Colour

#A29225

#A29225
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A29225 is a yellow with RGB values 162, 146, 37 and HSL 52°, 63%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A29225#A29225

HEX#A29225

RGBrgb(162, 146, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.5725, 0.1451

RGB percentages63.5%, 57.3%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(52.3, 62.8%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 77.2%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 77.2%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,654,245

CSS custom property--colour: #A29225;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.67:1

Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#5D6DDA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A08E0Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A5942Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AF877Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.7 Peru · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2535A2

Analogous#A25425, #74A225

Triadic#25A292, #9225A2

Split complementary#2574A2, #5325A2

Tetradic#25A254, #2535A2, #A22574

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBE3A8

Lighter +30%#E2D57E

Lighter +20%#D8C755

Lighter +10%#CCB72E

Darker −10%#786D1C

Darker −20%#4F4712

Darker −30%#252209

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BBA50C

Less saturated −25%#897F3E

Channel breakdown

R162

G146

B37

Red162 (63.5%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue52.32°

Saturation (HSL)62.81%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 92 · B 25

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