Colour

#A5985C

#A5985C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A5985C is a yellow with RGB values 165, 152, 92 and HSL 49°, 29%, 50%. 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

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HEX#A5985C

RGBrgb(165, 152, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5961, 0.3608

RGB percentages64.7%, 59.6%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(49.3, 28.9%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 44.2%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 44.2%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,852,444

CSS custom property--colour: #A5985C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1

Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#5A67A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A39557no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A79A5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#AF9089no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.2 Tan · ΔE 17.5 Burlywood · ΔE 18.3 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.8 Olive · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5C69A5

Analogous#A5735C, #8EA55C

Triadic#5CA598, #985CA5

Split complementary#5C8EA5, #735CA5

Tetradic#5CA573, #5C69A5, #A55C8E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEEBDF

Lighter +30%#DBD6BF

Lighter +20%#C9C29E

Lighter +10%#B7AD7D

Darker −10%#857A49

Darker −20%#645C37

Darker −30%#433E25

Darker −40%#221F13

More saturated +25%#C5AC3C

Less saturated −25%#85847C

Channel breakdown

R165

G152

B92

Red165 (64.7%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue49.32°

Saturation (HSL)28.85%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 98 · B 5C

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