Recognised as Colour

#A49455

#A49455
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A49455 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 148, 85 and HSL 48°, 32%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A49455

RGBrgb(164, 148, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5804, 0.3333

RGB percentages64.3%, 58%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(47.8, 31.7%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.8, 48.2%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 48.2%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,785,877

CSS custom property--colour: #A49455;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.95:1

Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#5B6BAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A09150no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A49757no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#AF8B85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.9 Tan · ΔE 19.1 Burlywood · ΔE 19.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.4 Olive · ΔE 25.5 Peru · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5565A4

Analogous#A46D55, #8DA455

Triadic#55A494, #9455A4

Split complementary#558CA4, #6D55A4

Tetradic#55A46D, #5565A4, #A4558C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE8D9

Lighter +30%#DAD3B8

Lighter +20%#C9BF96

Lighter +10%#B7AA75

Darker −10%#827644

Darker −20%#615732

Darker −30%#3F3921

Darker −40%#1E1B0F

More saturated +25%#C3A736

Less saturated −25%#858174

Channel breakdown

R164

G148

B85

Red164 (64.3%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue47.85°

Saturation (HSL)31.73%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 94 · B 55

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