Colour

#A49015

#A49015
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A49015 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 144, 21 and HSL 52°, 77%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#A49015

RGBrgb(164, 144, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5647, 0.0824

RGB percentages64.3%, 56.5%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(51.6, 77.3%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 87.2%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 12.2%, 87.2%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,784,789

CSS custom property--colour: #A49015;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.58:1

Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#5B6FEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59321no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B2847Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.4 Peru · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1529A4

Analogous#A44915, #71A415

Triadic#15A490, #9015A4

Split complementary#1571A4, #4915A4

Tetradic#15A448, #1529A4, #A41570

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1E494

Lighter +30%#EBD967

Lighter +20%#E6CE39

Lighter +10%#D1B81B

Darker −10%#77680F

Darker −20%#4A4109

Darker −30%#1C1904

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B99F00

Less saturated −25%#8D7F2C

Channel breakdown

R164

G144

B21

Red164 (64.3%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue51.61°

Saturation (HSL)77.3%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 90 · B 15

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