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Colour

#A6931C

  • #A6931C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A6931C is a yellow with RGB values 166, 147, 28 and HSL 52°, 71%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A6931C#A6931C
HEX#A6931C
RGBrgb(166, 147, 28)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5765, 0.1098
RGB percentages65.1%, 57.6%, 11%
HSLhsl(51.7, 71.1%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 83.1%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 11.4%, 83.1%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,916,636
CSS custom property--colour: #A6931C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29058WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.81:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#596CE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A28F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A79626no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B4877Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.4Goldenrod · ΔE 19.3Dark khaki · ΔE 24Olivedrab · ΔE 25.8Peru · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1C2FA6
Analogous#A64E1C, #74A61C
Triadic#1CA693, #931CA6
Split complementary#1C74A6, #4E1CA6
Tetradic#1CA64E, #1C2FA6, #A61C74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE49F
Lighter +30%#E7D874
Lighter +20%#E0CB48
Lighter +10%#D2BA23
Darker −10%#7A6C15
Darker −20%#4F460D
Darker −30%#231F06
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#BEA504
Less saturated −25%#8E8134

Channel breakdown

R166
G147
B28
Red166 (65.1%)
Green147 (57.6%)
Blue28 (11%)
Hue51.74°
Saturation (HSL)71.13%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 93 · B 1C

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