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Recognised as Colour

#A69424

  • #A69424
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A69424 is a yellow with RGB values 166, 148, 36 and HSL 52°, 64%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A69424#A69424
HEX#A69424
RGBrgb(166, 148, 36)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5804, 0.1412
RGB percentages65.1%, 58%, 14.1%
HSLhsl(51.7, 64.4%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 78.3%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 10.8%, 78.3%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,916,900
CSS custom property--colour: #A69424;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.88:1
Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#596BDB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39009no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8962Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B3897Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.3Goldenrod · ΔE 20.5Dark khaki · ΔE 21.9Olivedrab · ΔE 24.9Peru · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2436A6
Analogous#A65324, #77A624
Triadic#24A694, #9424A6
Split complementary#2477A6, #5324A6
Tetradic#24A653, #2436A6, #A62477

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE3AA
Lighter +30%#E3D680
Lighter +20%#DAC856
Lighter +10%#D0B92D
Darker −10%#7C6F1B
Darker −20%#524912
Darker −30%#282409
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#BFA60B
Less saturated −25%#8D823D

Channel breakdown

R166
G148
B36
Red166 (65.1%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue36 (14.1%)
Hue51.69°
Saturation (HSL)64.36%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 94 · B 24

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