Recognised as Colour

#A4922A

#A4922A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A4922A is a yellow with RGB values 164, 146, 42 and HSL 51°, 59%, 40%. 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

#A4922A#A4922A

HEX#A4922A

RGBrgb(164, 146, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5725, 0.1647

RGB percentages64.3%, 57.3%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(51.1, 59.2%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 74.4%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 74.4%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,785,322

CSS custom property--colour: #A4922A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28617WCAG 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 6.72:1

Contrast with white3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#5B6DD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A18E18no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59531no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B1877Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.5 Peru · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A3CA4

Analogous#A4552A, #79A42A

Triadic#2AA492, #922AA4

Split complementary#2A79A4, #552AA4

Tetradic#2AA455, #2A3CA4, #A42A79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBE2AF

Lighter +30%#E0D387

Lighter +20%#D6C45E

Lighter +10%#CBB536

Darker −10%#7B6E20

Darker −20%#534A15

Darker −30%#2A260B

Darker −40%#020100

More saturated +25%#BEA410

Less saturated −25%#8A8044

Channel breakdown

R164

G146

B42

Red164 (64.3%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue51.15°

Saturation (HSL)59.22%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 92 · B 2A

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