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Recognised as Colour

#A5A22B

  • #A5A22B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A5A22B is a yellow with RGB values 165, 162, 43 and HSL 59°, 59%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A5A22B#A5A22B
HEX#A5A22B
RGBrgb(165, 162, 43)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.6353, 0.1686
RGB percentages64.7%, 63.5%, 16.9%
HSLhsl(58.5, 58.7%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.5, 73.9%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 1.8%, 73.9%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,854,955
CSS custom property--colour: #A5A22B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.8:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#5A5DD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B09B13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2A034no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B1978Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.2Olivedrab · ΔE 20.4Dark khaki · ΔE 21.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.9Goldenrod · ΔE 24.6Yellow green · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2B2EA5
Analogous#A5652B, #6BA52B
Triadic#2BA5A2, #A22BA5
Split complementary#2B6BA5, #652BA5
Tetradic#2BA565, #2B2EA5, #A52B6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE9B1
Lighter +30%#E0DE89
Lighter +20%#D6D360
Lighter +10%#CBC738
Darker −10%#7D7A20
Darker −20%#545316
Darker −30%#2C2B0B
Darker −40%#030301
More saturated +25%#BFBB11
Less saturated −25%#8B8945

Channel breakdown

R165
G162
B43
Red165 (64.7%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue43 (16.9%)
Hue58.52°
Saturation (HSL)58.65%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G A2 · B 2B

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