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Recognised as Colour

#A29A31

  • #A29A31
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A29A31 is a yellow with RGB values 162, 154, 49 and HSL 56°, 54%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A29A31#A29A31
HEX#A29A31
RGBrgb(162, 154, 49)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.6039, 0.1922
RGB percentages63.5%, 60.4%, 19.2%
HSLhsl(55.8, 53.6%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.8, 69.8%, 63.5%)
CMYK0%, 4.9%, 69.8%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,656,305
CSS custom property--colour: #A29A31;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.2:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#5D65CE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A79521no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AA9938no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#AE9085no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.6Dark khaki · ΔE 17.9Olivedrab · ΔE 20.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.9Goldenrod · ΔE 25.2Khaki · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3139A2
Analogous#A26231, #71A231
Triadic#31A29A, #9A31A2
Split complementary#3172A2, #6131A2
Tetradic#31A261, #3139A2, #A23172

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E5B6
Lighter +30%#DDD88F
Lighter +20%#D1CA68
Lighter +10%#C5BC41
Darker −10%#7B7525
Darker −20%#545019
Darker −30%#2D2A0D
Darker −40%#050502
More saturated +25%#BCB117
Less saturated −25%#88834B

Channel breakdown

R162
G154
B49
Red162 (63.5%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue49 (19.2%)
Hue55.75°
Saturation (HSL)53.55%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A2 · G 9A · B 31

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