Colour

#A59F45

#A59F45
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A59F45 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 159, 69 and HSL 56°, 41%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A59F45

RGBrgb(165, 159, 69)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.6235, 0.2706

RGB percentages64.7%, 62.4%, 27.1%

HSLhsl(56.2, 41%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.2, 58.2%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 3.6%, 58.2%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,854,213

CSS custom property--colour: #A59F45;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.65:1

Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#5A60BA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC9A3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#AE9E4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B0958Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.8 Olive · ΔE 16.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 21.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.8 Khaki · ΔE 26.1 Burlywood · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#454BA5

Analogous#A56F45, #7BA545

Triadic#45A59F, #9F45A5

Split complementary#457BA5, #6F45A5

Tetradic#45A56F, #454BA5, #A5457B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE8CC

Lighter +30%#DBD8A8

Lighter +20%#CCC784

Lighter +10%#BDB760

Darker −10%#817C36

Darker −20%#5D5A27

Darker −30%#393718

Darker −40%#151409

More saturated +25%#C2B928

Less saturated −25%#888562

Channel breakdown

R165

G159

B69

Red165 (64.7%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue69 (27.1%)

Hue56.25°

Saturation (HSL)41.03%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 9F · B 45

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