Colour

#A4985E

#A4985E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A4985E is a yellow with RGB values 164, 152, 94 and HSL 50°, 28%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A4985E

RGBrgb(164, 152, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5961, 0.3686

RGB percentages64.3%, 59.6%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(49.7, 27.8%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 42.7%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 42.7%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,786,910

CSS custom property--colour: #A4985E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.23:1

Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#5B67A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3955Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69960no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#AE908Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.8 Tan · ΔE 17.1 Burlywood · ΔE 18.3 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26 Olive · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E6AA4

Analogous#A4755E, #8DA45E

Triadic#5EA498, #985EA4

Split complementary#5E8DA4, #755EA4

Tetradic#5EA475, #5E6AA4, #A45E8D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEEBE0

Lighter +30%#DBD7C0

Lighter +20%#C9C29F

Lighter +10%#B6AD7F

Darker −10%#847A4B

Darker −20%#645C38

Darker −30%#433E26

Darker −40%#222013

More saturated +25%#C3AD3E

Less saturated −25%#84837E

Channel breakdown

R164

G152

B94

Red164 (64.3%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue49.71°

Saturation (HSL)27.78%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 98 · B 5E

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