Recognised as Colour

#A6901E

#A6901E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A6901E is a yellow with RGB values 166, 144, 30 and HSL 50°, 69%, 38%. 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#A6901E

RGBrgb(166, 144, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5647, 0.1176

RGB percentages65.1%, 56.5%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(50.3, 69.4%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 81.9%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 13.3%, 81.9%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,915,870

CSS custom property--colour: #A6901E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.63:1

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

Contrast with black6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#596FE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A59427no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B4847Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 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 text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.8 Peru · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E34A6

Analogous#A64C1E, #78A61E

Triadic#1EA690, #901EA6

Split complementary#1E78A6, #4C1EA6

Tetradic#1EA64C, #1E34A6, #A61E78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE2A2

Lighter +30%#E6D477

Lighter +20%#DFC74B

Lighter +10%#D1B526

Darker −10%#7B6B16

Darker −20%#50450E

Darker −30%#242007

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BFA106

Less saturated −25%#8E7F37

Channel breakdown

R166

G144

B30

Red166 (65.1%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue50.29°

Saturation (HSL)69.39%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 90 · B 1E

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Colour harmonies

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