Colour

#A6900A

#A6900A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A6900A is a yellow with RGB values 166, 144, 10 and HSL 52°, 89%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#A6900A

RGBrgb(166, 144, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5647, 0.0392

RGB percentages65.1%, 56.5%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(51.5, 88.6%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 94%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 13.3%, 94%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,915,850

CSS custom property--colour: #A6900A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.62:1

Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#596FF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A08C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6941Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B4847Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 17.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.1 Peru · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A20A6

Analogous#A6420A, #6EA60A

Triadic#0AA690, #900AA6

Split complementary#0A6EA6, #420AA6

Tetradic#0AA642, #0A20A6, #A60A6E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8E784

Lighter +30%#F5DE54

Lighter +20%#F2D524

Lighter +10%#D6BA0D

Darker −10%#766607

Darker −20%#463D04

Darker −30%#161301

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B09700

Less saturated −25%#908020

Channel breakdown

R166

G144

B10

Red166 (65.1%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue51.54°

Saturation (HSL)88.64%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 90 · B 0A

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