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Recognised as Colour

#A59205

  • #A59205
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A59205 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 146, 5 and HSL 53°, 94%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A59205#A59205
HEX#A59205
RGBrgb(165, 146, 5)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5725, 0.0196
RGB percentages64.7%, 57.3%, 2%
HSLhsl(52.9, 94.1%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.9, 97%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 11.5%, 97%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,850,821
CSS custom property--colour: #A59205;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.71:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#5A6DFA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A28E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A79518no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B3867Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.4Goldenrod · ΔE 18.2Olivedrab · ΔE 27.3Dark khaki · ΔE 27.8Peru · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0518A5
Analogous#A54205, #68A505
Triadic#05A592, #9205A5
Split complementary#0568A5, #4205A5
Tetradic#05A542, #0518A5, #A50568

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBEC7B
Lighter +30%#FAE54A
Lighter +20%#F8DD18
Lighter +10%#D6BE07
Darker −10%#746604
Darker −20%#423A02
Darker −30%#110F01
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AA9600
Less saturated −25%#90821A

Channel breakdown

R165
G146
B5
Red165 (64.7%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue5 (2%)
Hue52.87°
Saturation (HSL)94.12%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 92 · B 05

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