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Colour

#A59932

  • #A59932
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A59932 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 153, 50 and HSL 54°, 53%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A59932#A59932
HEX#A59932
RGBrgb(165, 153, 50)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.6, 0.1961
RGB percentages64.7%, 60%, 19.6%
HSLhsl(53.7, 53.5%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.7, 69.7%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 7.3%, 69.7%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,852,658
CSS custom property--colour: #A59932;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31012WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.2:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#5A66CD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A79423no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AB9A38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#B18E84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.3Dark khaki · ΔE 17.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.3Olivedrab · ΔE 22.2Goldenrod · ΔE 24Khaki · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#323EA5
Analogous#A56032, #77A532
Triadic#32A599, #9932A5
Split complementary#3277A5, #6032A5
Tetradic#32A560, #323EA5, #A53277

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE5B9
Lighter +30%#DED692
Lighter +20%#D2C76B
Lighter +10%#C6B944
Darker −10%#7E7526
Darker −20%#57501A
Darker −30%#302C0E
Darker −40%#080803
More saturated +25%#C0AE17
Less saturated −25%#8A844D

Channel breakdown

R165
G153
B50
Red165 (64.7%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue50 (19.6%)
Hue53.74°
Saturation (HSL)53.49%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 99 · B 32

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