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Recognised as Colour

#A59E69

  • #A59E69
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A59E69 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 158, 105 and HSL 53°, 25%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A59E69#A59E69
HEX#A59E69
RGBrgb(165, 158, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.6196, 0.4118
RGB percentages64.7%, 62%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(53, 25%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53, 36.4%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 4.2%, 36.4%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,853,993
CSS custom property--colour: #A59E69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.69:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#5A6196

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A79B65no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AA9E6Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AE9791no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.2Tan · ΔE 15.5Burlywood · ΔE 17.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.4Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26Wheat · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6970A5
Analogous#A58069, #8EA569
Triadic#69A59E, #9E69A5
Split complementary#698EA5, #8069A5
Tetradic#69A580, #6970A5, #A5698E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F0E8
Lighter +30%#DEDCC9
Lighter +20%#CBC7A9
Lighter +10%#B8B389
Darker −10%#898252
Darker −20%#69643F
Darker −30%#49462C
Darker −40%#292719
More saturated +25%#C3B54B
Less saturated −25%#878787

Channel breakdown

R165
G158
B105
Red165 (64.7%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue53°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 9E · B 69

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