Colour

#A59325

#A59325
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A59325 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 147, 37 and HSL 52°, 63%, 40%. 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

#A59325#A59325

HEX#A59325

RGBrgb(165, 147, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5765, 0.1451

RGB percentages64.7%, 57.6%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(51.6, 63.4%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 77.6%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 10.9%, 77.6%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,851,109

CSS custom property--colour: #A59325;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.8:1

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

Contrast with black6.8:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#5A6CDA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A28F0Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7952Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B2887Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 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 text6.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 21 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.8 Peru · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2537A5

Analogous#A55325, #77A525

Triadic#25A593, #9325A5

Split complementary#2577A5, #5325A5

Tetradic#25A553, #2537A5, #A52577

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE3AA

Lighter +30%#E3D580

Lighter +20%#D9C757

Lighter +10%#CFB82E

Darker −10%#7B6E1C

Darker −20%#524912

Darker −30%#282409

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BEA50C

Less saturated −25%#8C813E

Channel breakdown

R165

G147

B37

Red165 (64.7%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue51.56°

Saturation (HSL)63.37%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 93 · B 25

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