Recognised as Colour

#A69215

#A69215
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A69215 is a yellow with RGB values 166, 146, 21 and HSL 52°, 78%, 37%. 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

#A69215#A69215

HEX#A69215

RGBrgb(166, 146, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5725, 0.0824

RGB percentages65.1%, 57.3%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(51.7, 77.5%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 87.3%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 12%, 87.3%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,916,373

CSS custom property--colour: #A69215;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28719WCAG 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#596DEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A28E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A79521no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B4867Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53 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 18.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.7 Peru · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1529A6

Analogous#A64A15, #72A615

Triadic#15A692, #9215A6

Split complementary#1572A6, #4915A6

Tetradic#15A649, #1529A6, #A61572

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2E595

Lighter +30%#ECDA68

Lighter +20%#E6CF3B

Lighter +10%#D3BA1B

Darker −10%#796A0F

Darker −20%#4B420A

Darker −30%#1E1B04

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BBA100

Less saturated −25%#8F812C

Channel breakdown

R166

G146

B21

Red166 (65.1%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue51.72°

Saturation (HSL)77.54%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 92 · B 15

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