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Recognised as Colour

#A59640

  • #A59640
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A59640 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 150, 64 and HSL 51°, 44%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A59640#A59640
HEX#A59640
RGBrgb(165, 150, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5882, 0.251
RGB percentages64.7%, 58.8%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(51.1, 44.1%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 61.2%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 9.1%, 61.2%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,851,904
CSS custom property--colour: #A59640;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30182WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.04:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#5A69BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39237no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A89844no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B18C83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14Olive · ΔE 16.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.5Olivedrab · ΔE 24.3Burlywood · ΔE 25.5Peru · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#404FA5
Analogous#A56340, #82A540
Triadic#40A596, #9640A5
Split complementary#4081A5, #6440A5
Tetradic#40A563, #404FA5, #A54081

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E4C8
Lighter +30%#DBD3A3
Lighter +20%#CDC17E
Lighter +10%#BFB059
Darker −10%#807532
Darker −20%#5C5323
Darker −30%#373215
Darker −40%#121007
More saturated +25%#C2AA23
Less saturated −25%#88825D

Channel breakdown

R165
G150
B64
Red165 (64.7%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue51.09°
Saturation (HSL)44.1%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 96 · B 40

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