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Recognised as Colour

#A59030

  • #A59030
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A59030 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 144, 48 and HSL 49°, 55%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A59030#A59030
HEX#A59030
RGBrgb(165, 144, 48)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5647, 0.1882
RGB percentages64.7%, 56.5%, 18.8%
HSLhsl(49.2, 54.9%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 70.9%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 12.7%, 70.9%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,850,352
CSS custom property--colour: #A59030;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.63:1
Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#5A6FCF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F8D22no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A49435no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B2857Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.1Dark khaki · ΔE 19Goldenrod · ΔE 23.4Peru · ΔE 24.8Olivedrab · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3045A5
Analogous#A55630, #80A530
Triadic#30A590, #9030A5
Split complementary#307FA5, #5630A5
Tetradic#30A555, #3045A5, #A5307F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE1B7
Lighter +30%#DFD08F
Lighter +20%#D3C068
Lighter +10%#C8AF40
Darker −10%#7D6E25
Darker −20%#564B19
Darker −30%#2E290E
Darker −40%#070602
More saturated +25%#C0A115
Less saturated −25%#8A7F4B

Channel breakdown

R165
G144
B48
Red165 (64.7%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue48 (18.8%)
Hue49.23°
Saturation (HSL)54.93%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 90 · B 30

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