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Recognised as Colour

#A59442

  • #A59442
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A59442 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 148, 66 and HSL 50°, 43%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A59442#A59442
HEX#A59442
RGBrgb(165, 148, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5804, 0.2588
RGB percentages64.7%, 58%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(49.7, 42.9%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 60%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 10.3%, 60%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,851,394
CSS custom property--colour: #A59442;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29572WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.91:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#5A6BBD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A19139no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A69646no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B18A82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.1Olive · ΔE 17.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.8Burlywood · ΔE 24.3Olivedrab · ΔE 25.5Peru · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4253A5
Analogous#A56242, #85A542
Triadic#42A594, #9442A5
Split complementary#4284A5, #6342A5
Tetradic#42A563, #4253A5, #A54284

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE4C9
Lighter +30%#DBD2A5
Lighter +20%#CCBF81
Lighter +10%#BEAD5C
Darker −10%#817333
Darker −20%#5C5325
Darker −30%#383216
Darker −40%#131108
More saturated +25%#C2A725
Less saturated −25%#88815F

Channel breakdown

R165
G148
B66
Red165 (64.7%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue49.7°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 94 · B 42

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