Colour

#A49100

#A49100
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A49100 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 145, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 32%. 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#A49100

RGBrgb(164, 145, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5686, 0

RGB percentages64.3%, 56.9%, 0%

HSLhsl(53, 100%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53, 100%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 100%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,785,024

CSS custom property--colour: #A49100;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28143WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.63:1

Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#5B6EFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A18D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69416no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B2857Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.4 Peru · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0013A4

Analogous#A43F00, #65A400

Triadic#00A491, #9100A4

Split complementary#0065A4, #3F00A4

Tetradic#00A43F, #0013A4, #A40065

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFEF71

Lighter +30%#FFE93E

Lighter +20%#FFE30B

Lighter +10%#D7BE00

Darker −10%#716400

Darker −20%#3E3700

Darker −30%#0B0A00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A49100

Less saturated −25%#908114

Channel breakdown

R164

G145

Red164 (64.3%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue53.05°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 91 · B 00

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