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Recognised as Colour

#A49236

  • #A49236
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A49236 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 146, 54 and HSL 50°, 50%, 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

#A49236#A49236
HEX#A49236
RGBrgb(164, 146, 54)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5725, 0.2118
RGB percentages64.3%, 57.3%, 21.2%
HSLhsl(50.2, 50.5%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 67.1%, 64.3%)
CMYK0%, 11%, 67.1%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,785,334
CSS custom property--colour: #A49236;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.74:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#5B6DC9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A08E2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5953Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B1877Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.2Dark khaki · ΔE 17Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.4Olivedrab · ΔE 24.7Goldenrod · ΔE 25.4Peru · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3648A4
Analogous#A45B36, #7FA436
Triadic#36A492, #9236A4
Split complementary#367FA4, #5B36A4
Tetradic#36A45B, #3648A4, #A4367F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E2BD
Lighter +30%#DDD196
Lighter +20%#D0C070
Lighter +10%#C3AF4A
Darker −10%#7E7029
Darker −20%#574E1D
Darker −30%#312C10
Darker −40%#0B0903
More saturated +25%#BFA41B
Less saturated −25%#898051

Channel breakdown

R164
G146
B54
Red164 (64.3%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue54 (21.2%)
Hue50.18°
Saturation (HSL)50.46%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A4 · G 92 · B 36

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