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Colour

#A49F6B

  • #A49F6B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A49F6B is a yellow with RGB values 164, 159, 107 and HSL 55°, 24%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A49F6B#A49F6B
HEX#A49F6B
RGBrgb(164, 159, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.6235, 0.4196
RGB percentages64.3%, 62.4%, 42%
HSLhsl(54.7, 23.8%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54.7, 34.8%, 64.3%)
CMYK0%, 3%, 34.8%, 35.7%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,788,715
CSS custom property--colour: #A49F6B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3375WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.75:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#5B6094

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#A89B67no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AA9E6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AC9892no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#6B70A4
Analogous#A4826B, #8DA46B
Triadic#6BA49F, #9F6BA4
Split complementary#6B8DA4, #826BA4
Tetradic#6BA482, #6B70A4, #A46B8D

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#F2F1E9
Lighter +30%#DEDCCA
Lighter +20%#CBC8AA
Lighter +10%#B7B38B
Darker −10%#888454
Darker −20%#696540
Darker −30%#49472D
Darker −40%#29281A
More saturated +25%#C2B84D
Less saturated −25%#888888

Channel breakdown

R164
G159
B107
Red164 (64.3%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue54.74°
Saturation (HSL)23.85%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A4 · G 9F · B 6B

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