Colour

#A59243

#A59243
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A59243 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 146, 67 and HSL 48°, 42%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A59243#A59243

HEX#A59243

RGBrgb(165, 146, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5725, 0.2627

RGB percentages64.7%, 57.3%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(48.4, 42.2%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 59.4%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 11.5%, 59.4%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,850,883

CSS custom property--colour: #A59243;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28962WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.79:1

Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#5A6DBC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8F3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A49547no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B18880no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.6 Olive · ΔE 18.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23 Burlywood · ΔE 23.4 Peru · ΔE 24.7 Tan · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4356A5

Analogous#A56143, #87A543

Triadic#43A592, #9243A5

Split complementary#4387A5, #6143A5

Tetradic#43A561, #4356A5, #A54387

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE4CA

Lighter +30%#DBD1A6

Lighter +20%#CCBE82

Lighter +10%#BDAB5E

Darker −10%#817234

Darker −20%#5C5226

Darker −30%#383217

Darker −40%#141208

More saturated +25%#C2A426

Less saturated −25%#888060

Channel breakdown

R165

G146

B67

Red165 (64.7%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue48.37°

Saturation (HSL)42.24%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 92 · B 43

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