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Recognised as Colour

#A39857

  • #A39857
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A39857 is a yellow with RGB values 163, 152, 87 and HSL 51°, 30%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A39857#A39857
HEX#A39857
RGBrgb(163, 152, 87)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.5961, 0.3412
RGB percentages63.9%, 59.6%, 34.1%
HSLhsl(51.3, 30.4%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 46.6%, 63.9%)
CMYK0%, 6.7%, 46.6%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,721,367
CSS custom property--colour: #A39857;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30931WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.19:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#5C67A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39452no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6995Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AD9088no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31 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 text7.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.1Tan · ΔE 19.6Burlywood · ΔE 19.8Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.8Olive · ΔE 24.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5762A3
Analogous#A37257, #88A357
Triadic#57A398, #9857A3
Split complementary#5788A3, #7257A3
Tetradic#57A372, #5762A3, #A35788

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE9DA
Lighter +30%#DAD5B9
Lighter +20%#C8C198
Lighter +10%#B6AD77
Darker −10%#827945
Darker −20%#605A34
Darker −30%#3F3B22
Darker −40%#1E1C10
More saturated +25%#C2AE38
Less saturated −25%#848276

Channel breakdown

R163
G152
B87
Red163 (63.9%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue87 (34.1%)
Hue51.32°
Saturation (HSL)30.4%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A3 · G 98 · B 57

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