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Recognised as Colour

#A5A629

  • #A5A629
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A5A629 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 166, 41 and HSL 60°, 60%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A5A629#A5A629
HEX#A5A629
RGBrgb(165, 166, 41)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.651, 0.1608
RGB percentages64.7%, 65.1%, 16.1%
HSLhsl(60.5, 60.4%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(60.5, 75.3%, 65.1%)
CMYK0.6%, 0%, 75.3%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,855,977
CSS custom property--colour: #A5A629;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.09:1
Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#5A59D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B49F0Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5A233no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#B19B8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.8Olivedrab · ΔE 20.2Dark khaki · ΔE 22.8Goldenrod · ΔE 25.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26Yellow green · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2A29A6
Analogous#A66929, #66A629
Triadic#29A5A6, #A629A5
Split complementary#2966A6, #6929A6
Tetradic#29A669, #2A29A6, #A62967

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBEBB0
Lighter +30%#E1E187
Lighter +20%#D6D75E
Lighter +10%#CCCD35
Darker −10%#7C7D1F
Darker −20%#545415
Darker −30%#2B2B0B
Darker −40%#020201
More saturated +25%#BEC00F
Less saturated −25%#8C8C43

Channel breakdown

R165
G166
B41
Red165 (64.7%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue41 (16.1%)
Hue60.48°
Saturation (HSL)60.39%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A5 · G A6 · B 29

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