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Recognised as Colour

#A29B44

  • #A29B44
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A29B44 is a yellow with RGB values 162, 155, 68 and HSL 56°, 41%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A29B44#A29B44
HEX#A29B44
RGBrgb(162, 155, 68)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.6078, 0.2667
RGB percentages63.5%, 60.8%, 26.7%
HSLhsl(55.5, 40.9%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.5, 58%, 63.5%)
CMYK0%, 4.3%, 58%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,656,580
CSS custom property--colour: #A29B44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31541WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.31:1
Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#5D64BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7963Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AA9A49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AD9288no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.2Olive · ΔE 16.2Olivedrab · ΔE 21.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.7Burlywood · ΔE 26.4Khaki · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#444BA2
Analogous#A26C44, #7AA244
Triadic#44A29B, #9B44A2
Split complementary#447AA2, #6C44A2
Tetradic#44A26C, #444BA2, #A2447A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E6C9
Lighter +30%#D9D6A6
Lighter +20%#CAC582
Lighter +10%#BBB45E
Darker −10%#7E7935
Darker −20%#5A5626
Darker −30%#363417
Darker −40%#121208
More saturated +25%#BFB327
Less saturated −25%#858361

Channel breakdown

R162
G155
B68
Red162 (63.5%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue68 (26.7%)
Hue55.53°
Saturation (HSL)40.87%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A2 · G 9B · B 44

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