Recognised as Colour

#A49460

#A49460
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A49460 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 148, 96 and HSL 46°, 27%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#A49460

RGBrgb(164, 148, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5804, 0.3765

RGB percentages64.3%, 58%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(45.9, 27.2%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.9, 41.5%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 41.5%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,785,888

CSS custom property--colour: #A49460;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.98:1

Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#5B6B9F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9E925Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A39762no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#AE8C87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 15.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.8 Burlywood · ΔE 17.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.1 Wheat · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 15.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6070A4

Analogous#A47260, #92A460

Triadic#60A494, #9460A4

Split complementary#6092A4, #7260A4

Tetradic#60A472, #6070A4, #A46092

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEEBE2

Lighter +30%#DCD5C1

Lighter +20%#C9C0A1

Lighter +10%#B7AA80

Darker −10%#85784C

Darker −20%#645A3A

Darker −30%#443D27

Darker −40%#242014

More saturated +25%#C3A541

Less saturated −25%#85837F

Channel breakdown

R164

G148

B96

Red164 (64.3%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue45.88°

Saturation (HSL)27.2%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 94 · B 60

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