Recognised as Colour

#A59547

#A59547
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A59547 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 149, 71 and HSL 50°, 40%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A59547#A59547

HEX#A59547

RGBrgb(165, 149, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5843, 0.2784

RGB percentages64.7%, 58.4%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(49.8, 39.8%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 57%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 9.7%, 57%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,851,655

CSS custom property--colour: #A59547;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.99:1

Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#5A6AB8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2923Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6974Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B18B83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.1 Olive · ΔE 19.1 Burlywood · ΔE 22.9 Tan · ΔE 24.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4757A5

Analogous#A56647, #86A547

Triadic#47A595, #9547A5

Split complementary#4786A5, #6647A5

Tetradic#47A566, #4757A5, #A54786

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE5CE

Lighter +30%#DBD2AA

Lighter +20%#CBC087

Lighter +10%#BCAD63

Darker −10%#817538

Darker −20%#5E5528

Darker −30%#3A3419

Darker −40%#16140A

More saturated +25%#C3A829

Less saturated −25%#888265

Channel breakdown

R165

G149

B71

Red165 (64.7%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue49.79°

Saturation (HSL)39.83%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 95 · B 47

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