Colour

#A59539

#A59539
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A59539 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 149, 57 and HSL 51°, 49%, 44%. 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

#A59539#A59539

HEX#A59539

RGBrgb(165, 149, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5843, 0.2235

RGB percentages64.7%, 58.4%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(51.1, 48.6%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 65.5%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 9.7%, 65.5%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,851,641

CSS custom property--colour: #A59539;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2979WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.8 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#5A6AC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3912Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7973Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B18B82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 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 14.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 24 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.7 Peru · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3949A5

Analogous#A55F39, #7FA539

Triadic#39A595, #9539A5

Split complementary#397FA5, #5F39A5

Tetradic#39A55F, #3949A5, #A5397F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E3C1

Lighter +30%#DCD39B

Lighter +20%#CFC275

Lighter +10%#C2B14F

Darker −10%#7F732C

Darker −20%#59511F

Darker −30%#332E12

Darker −40%#0D0C05

More saturated +25%#C1A91D

Less saturated −25%#898155

Channel breakdown

R165

G149

B57

Red165 (64.7%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue51.11°

Saturation (HSL)48.65%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 95 · B 39

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