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Colour

#A39231

  • #A39231
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A39231 is a yellow with RGB values 163, 146, 49 and HSL 51°, 54%, 42%. 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

#A39231#A39231
HEX#A39231
RGBrgb(163, 146, 49)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.5725, 0.1922
RGB percentages63.9%, 57.3%, 19.2%
HSLhsl(51.1, 53.8%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 69.9%, 63.9%)
CMYK0%, 10.4%, 69.9%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,719,793
CSS custom property--colour: #A39231;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.71:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#5C6DCE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A08E23no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A59437no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B0877Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.9 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 text6.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.8Dark khaki · ΔE 18.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.7Olivedrab · ΔE 24Goldenrod · ΔE 24.3Peru · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3142A3
Analogous#A35931, #7BA331
Triadic#31A392, #9231A3
Split complementary#317BA3, #5931A3
Tetradic#31A359, #3142A3, #A3317B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E2B7
Lighter +30%#DDD290
Lighter +20%#D2C268
Lighter +10%#C6B241
Darker −10%#7C6F25
Darker −20%#554C19
Darker −30%#2D290E
Darker −40%#060602
More saturated +25%#BEA516
Less saturated −25%#887F4B

Channel breakdown

R163
G146
B49
Red163 (63.9%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue49 (19.2%)
Hue51.05°
Saturation (HSL)53.77%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A3 · G 92 · B 31

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