Recognised as Colour
#A69101
- #A69101
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Olive
#A69101 is a yellow with RGB values 166, 145, 1 and HSL 52°, 99%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.
Colour values
#A69101#A69101
HEX#A69101
RGBrgb(166, 145, 1)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5686, 0.0039
RGB percentages65.1%, 56.9%, 0.4%
HSLhsl(52.4, 98.8%, 32.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 99.4%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 12.7%, 99.4%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,916,097
CSS custom property--colour: #A69101;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.2836WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.67:1
Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#596EFE
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0116A6
Analogous#A63F01, #68A601
Triadic#01A691, #9101A6
Split complementary#0168A6, #3F01A6
Tetradic#01A63F, #0116A6, #A60168
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R166
G145
B1
Red166 (65.1%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue1 (0.4%)
Hue52.36°
Saturation (HSL)98.8%
Lightness32.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 91 · B 01
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