Colour

#A49238

#A49238
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A49238 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 146, 56 and HSL 50°, 49%, 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

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HEX#A49238

RGBrgb(164, 146, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5725, 0.2196

RGB percentages64.3%, 57.3%, 22%

HSLhsl(50, 49.1%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 65.9%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 65.9%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,785,336

CSS custom property--colour: #A49238;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28736WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.75:1

Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#5B6DC7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A08E2Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A5953Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B1887Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42 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 text6.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.8 Peru · ΔE 25.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#384AA4

Analogous#A45C38, #80A438

Triadic#38A492, #9238A4

Split complementary#3880A4, #5C38A4

Tetradic#38A45C, #384AA4, #A43880

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E2BF

Lighter +30%#DCD199

Lighter +20%#CFC073

Lighter +10%#C2AF4D

Darker −10%#7E702B

Darker −20%#584E1E

Darker −30%#322C11

Darker −40%#0C0B04

More saturated +25%#C0A41C

Less saturated −25%#898054

Channel breakdown

R164

G146

B56

Red164 (64.3%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)49.09%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 92 · B 38

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