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Recognised as Colour

#A59860

  • #A59860
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A59860 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 152, 96 and HSL 49°, 28%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A59860#A59860
HEX#A59860
RGBrgb(165, 152, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5961, 0.3765
RGB percentages64.7%, 59.6%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(48.7, 27.7%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.7, 41.8%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 7.9%, 41.8%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,852,448
CSS custom property--colour: #A59860;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.313WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.26:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#5A679F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3955Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A69A62no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AF908Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.4Tan · ΔE 16.3Burlywood · ΔE 17.7Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 26Wheat · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#606DA5
Analogous#A57560, #90A560
Triadic#60A598, #9860A5
Split complementary#6090A5, #7560A5
Tetradic#60A575, #606DA5, #A56090

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFECE2
Lighter +30%#DCD7C2
Lighter +20%#CAC2A1
Lighter +10%#B7AD81
Darker −10%#867B4C
Darker −20%#665D39
Darker −30%#453F27
Darker −40%#242115
More saturated +25%#C4AB41
Less saturated −25%#86857F

Channel breakdown

R165
G152
B96
Red165 (64.7%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue48.7°
Saturation (HSL)27.71%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 98 · B 60

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