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Recognised as Colour

#A49233

  • #A49233
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A49233 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 146, 51 and HSL 50°, 53%, 42%. 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

#A49233#A49233
HEX#A49233
RGBrgb(164, 146, 51)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5725, 0.2
RGB percentages64.3%, 57.3%, 20%
HSLhsl(50.4, 52.6%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 68.9%, 64.3%)
CMYK0%, 11%, 68.9%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,785,331
CSS custom property--colour: #A49233;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28689WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.74:1
Contrast with white3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#5B6DCC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A08E26no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A59538no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B1877Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.6 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 text6.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.5Dark khaki · ΔE 17.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.7Goldenrod · ΔE 24.5Olivedrab · ΔE 24.5Peru · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3345A4
Analogous#A45A33, #7EA433
Triadic#33A492, #9233A4
Split complementary#337EA4, #5A33A4
Tetradic#33A45A, #3345A4, #A4337E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E2BA
Lighter +30%#DDD193
Lighter +20%#D1C16C
Lighter +10%#C5B145
Darker −10%#7D6F27
Darker −20%#564D1B
Darker −30%#2F2A0F
Darker −40%#080703
More saturated +25%#BFA418
Less saturated −25%#89804E

Channel breakdown

R164
G146
B51
Red164 (64.3%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue51 (20%)
Hue50.44°
Saturation (HSL)52.56%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A4 · G 92 · B 33

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