Recognised as Colour

#A69214

#A69214
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A69214 is a yellow with RGB values 166, 146, 20 and HSL 52°, 78%, 36%. 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

#A69214#A69214

HEX#A69214

RGBrgb(166, 146, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5725, 0.0784

RGB percentages65.1%, 57.3%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(51.8, 78.5%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 88%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 12%, 88%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,916,372

CSS custom property--colour: #A69214;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28715WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.74:1

Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#596DEB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A28E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A79520no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B4867Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.8 Peru · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1428A6

Analogous#A64914, #71A614

Triadic#14A692, #9214A6

Split complementary#1471A6, #4914A6

Tetradic#14A649, #1428A6, #A61471

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2E594

Lighter +30%#EDDA66

Lighter +20%#E7CF39

Lighter +10%#D4BA19

Darker −10%#786A0F

Darker −20%#4B4209

Darker −30%#1D1A04

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BAA100

Less saturated −25%#8F812B

Channel breakdown

R166

G146

B20

Red166 (65.1%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue51.78°

Saturation (HSL)78.49%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 92 · B 14

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