Recognised as Colour

#A59233

#A59233
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A59233 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 146, 51 and HSL 50°, 53%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A59233#A59233

HEX#A59233

RGBrgb(165, 146, 51)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5725, 0.2

RGB percentages64.7%, 57.3%, 20%

HSLhsl(50, 52.8%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 69.1%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 11.5%, 69.1%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,850,867

CSS custom property--colour: #A59233;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28796WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.76:1

Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#5A6DCC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A08E26no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59538no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#B2877Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 25 Peru · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#3346A5

Analogous#A55933, #7FA533

Triadic#33A592, #9233A5

Split complementary#337FA5, #5933A5

Tetradic#33A559, #3346A5, #A5337F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EAE2BA

Lighter +30%#DED193

Lighter +20%#D2C16C

Lighter +10%#C6B045

Darker −10%#7E7027

Darker −20%#574D1B

Darker −30%#302B0F

Darker −40%#090803

More saturated +25%#C0A418

Less saturated −25%#8A804E

Channel breakdown

R165

G146

B51

Red165 (64.7%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue51 (20%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)52.78%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 92 · B 33

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Colour values

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