Recognised as Colour
#A49E53
- #A49E53
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark khaki
#A49E53 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 158, 83 and HSL 56°, 33%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.
Colour values
#A49E53#A49E53
HEX#A49E53
RGBrgb(164, 158, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.6196, 0.3255
RGB percentages64.3%, 62%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(55.6, 32.8%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.6, 49.4%, 64.3%)
CMYK0%, 3.7%, 49.4%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,788,435
CSS custom property--colour: #A49E53;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.32971WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.59:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#5B61AC
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5359A4
Analogous#A47653, #82A453
Triadic#53A49E, #9E53A4
Split complementary#5382A4, #7653A4
Tetradic#53A476, #5359A4, #A45382
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R164
G158
B83
Red164 (64.3%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue55.56°
Saturation (HSL)32.79%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A4 · G 9E · B 53
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