Colour

#A49518

#A49518
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A49518 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 149, 24 and HSL 54°, 74%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#A49518

RGBrgb(164, 149, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5843, 0.0941

RGB percentages64.3%, 58.4%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(53.6, 74.5%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.6, 85.4%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 85.4%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,786,072

CSS custom property--colour: #A49518;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29453WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.89:1

Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#5B6AE7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A49000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A89624no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B1897Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.7 Peru · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1827A4

Analogous#A44F18, #6DA418

Triadic#18A495, #9518A4

Split complementary#186DA4, #4F18A4

Tetradic#18A44F, #1827A4, #A4186D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0E798

Lighter +30%#E9DC6C

Lighter +20%#E3D13F

Lighter +10%#D0BD1F

Darker −10%#786D11

Darker −20%#4B440B

Darker −30%#1F1C04

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BCA700

Less saturated −25%#8D8330

Channel breakdown

R164

G149

B24

Red164 (64.3%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue53.57°

Saturation (HSL)74.47%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 95 · B 18

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