Colour

#A49139

#A49139
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A49139 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 145, 57 and HSL 49°, 48%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A49139#A49139

HEX#A49139

RGBrgb(164, 145, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5686, 0.2235

RGB percentages64.3%, 56.9%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(49.3, 48.4%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 65.2%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 65.2%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,785,081

CSS custom property--colour: #A49139;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.69:1

Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#5B6EC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8E2Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4943Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B1877Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.1 Peru · ΔE 24.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#394CA4

Analogous#A45C39, #82A439

Triadic#39A491, #9139A4

Split complementary#3981A4, #5C39A4

Tetradic#39A45C, #394CA4, #A43981

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E2C0

Lighter +30%#DCD09A

Lighter +20%#CFBF74

Lighter +10%#C2AD4E

Darker −10%#7E702C

Darker −20%#584E1F

Darker −30%#322D12

Darker −40%#0D0B04

More saturated +25%#C0A31D

Less saturated −25%#887F55

Channel breakdown

R164

G145

B57

Red164 (64.3%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue49.35°

Saturation (HSL)48.42%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 91 · B 39

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