Recognised as Colour

#A39437

#A39437
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A39437 is a yellow with RGB values 163, 148, 55 and HSL 52°, 50%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A39437#A39437

HEX#A39437

RGBrgb(163, 148, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.5804, 0.2157

RGB percentages63.9%, 58%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(51.7, 49.5%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 66.3%, 63.9%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 66.3%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,720,311

CSS custom property--colour: #A39437;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.85:1

Contrast with white3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#5C6BC8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2902Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6963Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#AF8A81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.9 Peru · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3746A3

Analogous#A35E37, #7CA337

Triadic#37A394, #9437A3

Split complementary#377CA3, #5E37A3

Tetradic#37A35E, #3746A3, #A3377C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E3BD

Lighter +30%#DCD297

Lighter +20%#CFC271

Lighter +10%#C2B24B

Darker −10%#7D712A

Darker −20%#574F1D

Darker −30%#312C10

Darker −40%#0A0A04

More saturated +25%#BEA81C

Less saturated −25%#888052

Channel breakdown

R163

G148

B55

Red163 (63.9%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue51.67°

Saturation (HSL)49.54%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A3 · G 94 · B 37

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