Recognised as Colour

#A59316

#A59316
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A59316 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 147, 22 and HSL 52°, 76%, 37%. 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

#A59316#A59316

HEX#A59316

RGBrgb(165, 147, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5765, 0.0863

RGB percentages64.7%, 57.6%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(52.4, 76.5%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 86.7%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 10.9%, 86.7%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,851,094

CSS custom property--colour: #A59316;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28925WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.78:1

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

Contrast with black6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#5A6CE9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A28F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A79522no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B3877Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.8 Peru · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1628A5

Analogous#A54B16, #70A516

Triadic#16A593, #9316A5

Split complementary#1670A5, #4C16A5

Tetradic#16A54B, #1628A5, #A51670

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1E696

Lighter +30%#EBDB69

Lighter +20%#E5D03C

Lighter +10%#D2BB1C

Darker −10%#786B10

Darker −20%#4B430A

Darker −30%#1E1B04

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BBA300

Less saturated −25%#8E822D

Channel breakdown

R165

G147

B22

Red165 (64.7%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue52.45°

Saturation (HSL)76.47%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 93 · B 16

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