Recognised as Colour

#A49837

#A49837
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A49837 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 152, 55 and HSL 53°, 50%, 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

#A49837#A49837

HEX#A49837

RGBrgb(164, 152, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5961, 0.2157

RGB percentages64.3%, 59.6%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(53.4, 49.8%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.4, 66.5%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 66.5%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,786,871

CSS custom property--colour: #A49837;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30625WCAG 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 7.12:1

Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#5B67C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A6932Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9993Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B08E84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 22.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.6 Khaki · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3743A4

Analogous#A46237, #7AA437

Triadic#37A498, #9837A4

Split complementary#377AA4, #6137A4

Tetradic#37A462, #3743A4, #A4377A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E4BE

Lighter +30%#DCD598

Lighter +20%#D0C571

Lighter +10%#C3B64B

Darker −10%#7E752A

Darker −20%#58511D

Darker −30%#312E11

Darker −40%#0B0A04

More saturated +25%#BFAD1C

Less saturated −25%#898352

Channel breakdown

R164

G152

B55

Red164 (64.3%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue53.39°

Saturation (HSL)49.77%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 98 · B 37

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