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Recognised as Colour

#A4AD69

  • #A4AD69
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A4AD69 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 173, 105 and HSL 68°, 29%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A4AD69#A4AD69
HEX#A4AD69
RGBrgb(164, 173, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.6784, 0.4118
RGB percentages64.3%, 67.8%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(67.9, 29.3%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(67.9, 39.3%, 67.8%)
CMYK5.2%, 0%, 39.3%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,792,297
CSS custom property--colour: #A4AD69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.76:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#5B5296

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6A764no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5A86Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#ABA69Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 19Tan · ΔE 22.1Burlywood · ΔE 23Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.7Khaki · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7269AD
Analogous#AD9469, #82AD69
Triadic#69A4AD, #AD69A4
Split complementary#6982AD, #9469AD
Tetradic#69AD94, #7269AD, #AD6982

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F5ED
Lighter +30%#E0E3CC
Lighter +20%#CCD1AB
Lighter +10%#B8BF8A
Darker −10%#8A9350
Darker −20%#6B723E
Darker −30%#4C512C
Darker −40%#2D301A
More saturated +25%#B9CA4C
Less saturated −25%#8F9086

Channel breakdown

R164
G173
B105
Red164 (64.3%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue67.94°
Saturation (HSL)29.31%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A4 · G AD · B 69

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