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Recognised as Colour

#A49738

  • #A49738
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A49738 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 151, 56 and HSL 53°, 49%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A49738#A49738
HEX#A49738
RGBrgb(164, 151, 56)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5922, 0.2196
RGB percentages64.3%, 59.2%, 22%
HSLhsl(52.8, 49.1%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.8, 65.9%, 64.3%)
CMYK0%, 7.9%, 65.9%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,786,616
CSS custom property--colour: #A49738;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30311WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.06:1
Contrast with white2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#5B68C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5932Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8983Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B08D83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.5Dark khaki · ΔE 15.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.2Olivedrab · ΔE 22.6Goldenrod · ΔE 25.8Peru · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3845A4
Analogous#A46138, #7BA438
Triadic#38A497, #9738A4
Split complementary#387BA4, #6138A4
Tetradic#38A461, #3845A4, #A4387B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E4BF
Lighter +30%#DCD499
Lighter +20%#CFC473
Lighter +10%#C2B44D
Darker −10%#7E742B
Darker −20%#58511E
Darker −30%#322E11
Darker −40%#0C0B04
More saturated +25%#C0AC1C
Less saturated −25%#898254

Channel breakdown

R164
G151
B56
Red164 (64.3%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue52.78°
Saturation (HSL)49.09%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A4 · G 97 · B 38

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