Colour

#A29342

#A29342
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A29342 is a yellow with RGB values 162, 147, 66 and HSL 51°, 42%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A29342

RGBrgb(162, 147, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.5765, 0.2588

RGB percentages63.5%, 57.6%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(50.6, 42.1%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 59.3%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 59.3%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,654,530

CSS custom property--colour: #A29342;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.79:1

Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#5D6CBD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A08F3Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A49546no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AE8981no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.1 Olive · ΔE 17.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.8 Burlywood · ΔE 24.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.8 Tan · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4251A2

Analogous#A26342, #81A242

Triadic#42A293, #9342A2

Split complementary#4281A2, #6342A2

Tetradic#42A263, #4251A2, #A24281

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8E3C8

Lighter +30%#DAD1A3

Lighter +20%#CBBF7F

Lighter +10%#BCAD5B

Darker −10%#7E7233

Darker −20%#5A5124

Darker −30%#353016

Darker −40%#110F07

More saturated +25%#BFA725

Less saturated −25%#857F5F

Channel breakdown

R162

G147

B66

Red162 (63.5%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue50.62°

Saturation (HSL)42.11%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 93 · B 42

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