Colour

#A59B6D

#A59B6D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A59B6D is a yellow with RGB values 165, 155, 109 and HSL 49°, 24%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A59B6D#A59B6D

HEX#A59B6D

RGBrgb(165, 155, 109)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.6078, 0.4275

RGB percentages64.7%, 60.8%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(49.3, 23.7%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 33.9%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 6.1%, 33.9%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,853,229

CSS custom property--colour: #A59B6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.51:1

Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#5A6492

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A4986Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A79C6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#AD948Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 14.1 Burlywood · ΔE 17.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.2 Wheat · ΔE 26.1 Dark grey · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 14.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D77A5

Analogous#A57F6D, #93A56D

Triadic#6DA59B, #9B6DA5

Split complementary#6D93A5, #7F6DA5

Tetradic#6DA57F, #6D77A5, #A56D93

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3F1EB

Lighter +30%#DFDCCC

Lighter +20%#CCC6AC

Lighter +10%#B8B18D

Darker −10%#8A8155

Darker −20%#6A6342

Darker −30%#4B462E

Darker −40%#2B281B

More saturated +25%#C3AE4F

Less saturated −25%#898989

Channel breakdown

R165

G155

B109

Red165 (64.7%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue49.29°

Saturation (HSL)23.73%

Lightness53.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 9B · B 6D

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Colour values

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