Colour

#A49545

#A49545
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A49545 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 149, 69 and HSL 51°, 41%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A49545

RGBrgb(164, 149, 69)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5843, 0.2706

RGB percentages64.3%, 58.4%, 27.1%

HSLhsl(50.5, 40.8%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 57.9%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 57.9%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,786,117

CSS custom property--colour: #A49545;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.96:1

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

Contrast with black6.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#5B6ABA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2913Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69749no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B08B83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 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 text6.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.2 Olive · ΔE 18.2 Burlywood · ΔE 23.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.2 Tan · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4554A4

Analogous#A46645, #84A445

Triadic#45A495, #9545A4

Split complementary#4583A4, #6645A4

Tetradic#45A466, #4554A4, #A44583

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E5CC

Lighter +30%#DAD2A8

Lighter +20%#CBC084

Lighter +10%#BCAE60

Darker −10%#807436

Darker −20%#5C5427

Darker −30%#383318

Darker −40%#141309

More saturated +25%#C1A928

Less saturated −25%#878162

Channel breakdown

R164

G149

B69

Red164 (64.3%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue69 (27.1%)

Hue50.53°

Saturation (HSL)40.77%

Lightness45.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 95 · B 45

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