Recognised as Colour

#A59534

#A59534
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A59534 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 149, 52 and HSL 52°, 52%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A59534#A59534

HEX#A59534

RGBrgb(165, 149, 52)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5843, 0.2039

RGB percentages64.7%, 58.4%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(51.5, 52.1%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 68.5%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 9.7%, 68.5%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,851,636

CSS custom property--colour: #A59534;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29742WCAG 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 6.95:1

Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#5A6ACB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A39127no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8973Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B28A81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.3 Peru · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3444A5

Analogous#A55D34, #7DA534

Triadic#34A595, #9534A5

Split complementary#347CA5, #5C34A5

Tetradic#34A55D, #3444A5, #A5347D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE3BB

Lighter +30%#DDD395

Lighter +20%#D1C36E

Lighter +10%#C5B347

Darker −10%#7E7228

Darker −20%#574F1C

Darker −30%#312C0F

Darker −40%#0A0903

More saturated +25%#C0A819

Less saturated −25%#8A824F

Channel breakdown

R165

G149

B52

Red165 (64.7%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue51.5°

Saturation (HSL)52.07%

Lightness42.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 95 · B 34

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Colour values

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