Recognised as Colour

#A49216

#A49216
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A49216 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 146, 22 and HSL 52°, 76%, 36%. 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

#A49216#A49216

HEX#A49216

RGBrgb(164, 146, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5725, 0.0863

RGB percentages64.3%, 57.3%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(52.4, 76.3%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 86.6%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 86.6%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,785,302

CSS custom property--colour: #A49216;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28508WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.7:1

Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#5B6DE9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A18E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69422no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B2867Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.7 Peru · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1628A4

Analogous#A44B16, #6FA416

Triadic#16A492, #9216A4

Split complementary#166FA4, #4B16A4

Tetradic#16A44B, #1628A4, #A4166F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1E595

Lighter +30%#EBDA68

Lighter +20%#E5CF3B

Lighter +10%#D1BA1C

Darker −10%#776A10

Darker −20%#4A420A

Darker −30%#1D1A04

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BAA200

Less saturated −25%#8D812D

Channel breakdown

R164

G146

B22

Red164 (64.3%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue52.39°

Saturation (HSL)76.34%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 92 · B 16

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