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Colour

#A6942B

  • #A6942B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A6942B is a yellow with RGB values 166, 148, 43 and HSL 51°, 59%, 41%. 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

#A6942B#A6942B
HEX#A6942B
RGBrgb(166, 148, 43)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5804, 0.1686
RGB percentages65.1%, 58%, 16.9%
HSLhsl(51.2, 58.9%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 74.1%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 10.8%, 74.1%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,916,907
CSS custom property--colour: #A6942B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29461WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.89:1
Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#596BD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39019no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A89632no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B3897Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.4 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 text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17Dark khaki · ΔE 20Goldenrod · ΔE 21.8Olivedrab · ΔE 24.6Peru · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2B3DA6
Analogous#A6572B, #7AA62B
Triadic#2BA694, #942BA6
Split complementary#2B7AA6, #572BA6
Tetradic#2BA657, #2B3DA6, #A62B7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE3B2
Lighter +30%#E1D489
Lighter +20%#D6C561
Lighter +10%#CCB638
Darker −10%#7D7021
Darker −20%#554C16
Darker −30%#2C280C
Darker −40%#040401
More saturated +25%#C0A611
Less saturated −25%#8C8245

Channel breakdown

R166
G148
B43
Red166 (65.1%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue43 (16.9%)
Hue51.22°
Saturation (HSL)58.85%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 94 · B 2B

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