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Recognised as Colour

#A5A369

  • #A5A369
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A5A369 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 163, 105 and HSL 58°, 25%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A5A369#A5A369
HEX#A5A369
RGBrgb(165, 163, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.6392, 0.4118
RGB percentages64.7%, 63.9%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(58, 25%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58, 36.4%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 1.2%, 36.4%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,855,273
CSS custom property--colour: #A5A369;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35214WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.04:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#5A5C96

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AC9F65no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEA16Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#AD9C94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.6Tan · ΔE 17.2Burlywood · ΔE 19Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.2Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#696BA5
Analogous#A58569, #89A569
Triadic#69A5A3, #A369A5
Split complementary#6989A5, #8569A5
Tetradic#69A585, #696BA5, #A56989

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F1E8
Lighter +30%#DEDEC9
Lighter +20%#CBCAA9
Lighter +10%#B8B789
Darker −10%#898752
Darker −20%#69683F
Darker −30%#49482C
Darker −40%#292919
More saturated +25%#C3BF4B
Less saturated −25%#878787

Channel breakdown

R165
G163
B105
Red165 (64.7%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue58°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G A3 · B 69

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