Recognised as Colour

#A59B32

#A59B32
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A59B32 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 155, 50 and HSL 55°, 53%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A59B32#A59B32

HEX#A59B32

RGBrgb(165, 155, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.6078, 0.1961

RGB percentages64.7%, 60.8%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(54.8, 53.5%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.8, 69.7%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 6.1%, 69.7%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,853,170

CSS custom property--colour: #A59B32;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.33:1

Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#5A64CD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A99622no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9B39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B19086no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 21.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.2 Khaki · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#323CA5

Analogous#A56232, #76A532

Triadic#32A59B, #9B32A5

Split complementary#3276A5, #6232A5

Tetradic#32A561, #323CA5, #A53275

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE6B9

Lighter +30%#DED792

Lighter +20%#D2C96B

Lighter +10%#C6BB44

Darker −10%#7E7626

Darker −20%#57511A

Darker −30%#302D0E

Darker −40%#080803

More saturated +25%#C0B117

Less saturated −25%#8A854D

Channel breakdown

R165

G155

B50

Red165 (64.7%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue54.78°

Saturation (HSL)53.49%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 9B · B 32

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