Colour

#A59538

#A59538
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A59538 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 149, 56 and HSL 51°, 49%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A59538#A59538

HEX#A59538

RGBrgb(165, 149, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5843, 0.2196

RGB percentages64.7%, 58.4%, 22%

HSLhsl(51.2, 49.3%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 66.1%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 9.7%, 66.1%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,851,640

CSS custom property--colour: #A59538;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2978WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.96:1

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

Contrast with black6.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#5A6AC7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3912Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7973Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B18A82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 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 text6.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.4 Peru · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3848A5

Analogous#A55E38, #7FA538

Triadic#38A595, #9538A5

Split complementary#387FA5, #5E38A5

Tetradic#38A55E, #3848A5, #A5387F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E3C0

Lighter +30%#DDD399

Lighter +20%#D0C273

Lighter +10%#C3B14D

Darker −10%#7F732B

Darker −20%#59501E

Darker −30%#332E11

Darker −40%#0D0B04

More saturated +25%#C1A91C

Less saturated −25%#898154

Channel breakdown

R165

G149

B56

Red165 (64.7%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue51.19°

Saturation (HSL)49.32%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 95 · B 38

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