Colour

#A3922B

#A3922B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A3922B is a yellow with RGB values 163, 146, 43 and HSL 52°, 58%, 40%. 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

#A3922B#A3922B

HEX#A3922B

RGBrgb(163, 146, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.5725, 0.1686

RGB percentages63.9%, 57.3%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(51.5, 58.3%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 73.6%, 63.9%)

CMYK0%, 10.4%, 73.6%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,719,787

CSS custom property--colour: #A3922B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.7:1

Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#5C6DD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A08E1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59432no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B0877Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 24 Peru · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B3CA3

Analogous#A3562B, #78A32B

Triadic#2BA392, #922BA3

Split complementary#2B78A3, #562BA3

Tetradic#2BA356, #2B3CA3, #A32B78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE2B0

Lighter +30%#DFD388

Lighter +20%#D5C45F

Lighter +10%#CAB537

Darker −10%#7B6E20

Darker −20%#524A16

Darker −30%#2A260B

Darker −40%#020100

More saturated +25%#BDA411

Less saturated −25%#898045

Channel breakdown

R163

G146

B43

Red163 (63.9%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue51.5°

Saturation (HSL)58.25%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A3 · G 92 · B 2B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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