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Recognised as Colour

#A59843

  • #A59843
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A59843 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 152, 67 and HSL 52°, 42%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A59843#A59843
HEX#A59843
RGBrgb(165, 152, 67)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5961, 0.2627
RGB percentages64.7%, 59.6%, 26.3%
HSLhsl(52, 42.2%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52, 59.4%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 7.9%, 59.4%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,852,419
CSS custom property--colour: #A59843;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30861WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.17:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#5A67BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5943Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A99947no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#B18E85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.9Olive · ΔE 16.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.7Olivedrab · ΔE 23.8Burlywood · ΔE 25.1Tan · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4350A5
Analogous#A56743, #81A543
Triadic#43A598, #9843A5
Split complementary#4381A5, #6743A5
Tetradic#43A567, #4350A5, #A54381

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE5CA
Lighter +30%#DBD4A6
Lighter +20%#CCC282
Lighter +10%#BDB15E
Darker −10%#817734
Darker −20%#5C5526
Darker −30%#383417
Darker −40%#141208
More saturated +25%#C2AD26
Less saturated −25%#888360

Channel breakdown

R165
G152
B67
Red165 (64.7%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue67 (26.3%)
Hue52.04°
Saturation (HSL)42.24%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 98 · B 43

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