Recognised as Colour

#A49017

#A49017
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A49017 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 144, 23 and HSL 51°, 75%, 37%. 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#A49017

RGBrgb(164, 144, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5647, 0.0902

RGB percentages64.3%, 56.5%, 9%

HSLhsl(51.5, 75.4%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 86%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 12.2%, 86%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,784,791

CSS custom property--colour: #A49017;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27901WCAG 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#8C8C8C

Inverted#5B6FE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59322no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B2847Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.3 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 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.3 Peru · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#172BA4

Analogous#A44A17, #72A417

Triadic#17A490, #9017A4

Split complementary#1771A4, #4A17A4

Tetradic#17A44A, #172BA4, #A41771

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0E497

Lighter +30%#EAD86A

Lighter +20%#E4CC3D

Lighter +10%#D1B71D

Darker −10%#776911

Darker −20%#4B410A

Darker −30%#1E1A04

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BBA000

Less saturated −25%#8D7F2E

Channel breakdown

R164

G144

B23

Red164 (64.3%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue51.49°

Saturation (HSL)75.4%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 90 · B 17

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