Recognised as Colour

#A3AA51

#A3AA51
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A3AA51 is a yellow with RGB values 163, 170, 81 and HSL 65°, 35%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A3AA51

RGBrgb(163, 170, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.6667, 0.3176

RGB percentages63.9%, 66.7%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(64.7, 35.5%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64.7, 52.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK4.1%, 0%, 52.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,725,969

CSS custom property--colour: #A3AA51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3713WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.43:1

Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#5C55AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5A349no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5A556no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Tritanopia#ACA196no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 18.9 Olive · ΔE 19.9 Khaki · ΔE 23.8 Dark seagreen · ΔE 28.2 Burlywood · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5851AA

Analogous#AA8551, #76AA51

Triadic#51A3AA, #AA51A3

Split complementary#5177AA, #8451AA

Tetradic#51AA84, #5851AA, #AA5177

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECEDDA

Lighter +30%#DADDB7

Lighter +20%#C8CC95

Lighter +10%#B6BC72

Darker −10%#828741

Darker −20%#616530

Darker −30%#404220

Darker −40%#1F200F

More saturated +25%#BDC932

Less saturated −25%#898B70

Channel breakdown

R163

G170

B81

Red163 (63.9%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue64.72°

Saturation (HSL)35.46%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A3 · G AA · B 51

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Colour harmonies

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