Colour

#A6942F

#A6942F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A6942F is a yellow with RGB values 166, 148, 47 and HSL 51°, 56%, 42%. 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

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HEX#A6942F

RGBrgb(166, 148, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5804, 0.1843

RGB percentages65.1%, 58%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(50.9, 55.9%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 71.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 71.7%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,916,911

CSS custom property--colour: #A6942F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.9:1

Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#596BD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A39020no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A79735no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#B38980no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.5 Peru · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F41A6

Analogous#A6592F, #7DA62F

Triadic#2FA694, #942FA6

Split complementary#2F7DA6, #582FA6

Tetradic#2FA659, #2F41A6, #A62F7D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE3B7

Lighter +30%#DFD38F

Lighter +20%#D4C367

Lighter +10%#C9B43F

Darker −10%#7E7124

Darker −20%#574D18

Darker −30%#2F2A0D

Darker −40%#070602

More saturated +25%#C1A714

Less saturated −25%#8B814A

Channel breakdown

R166

G148

B47

Red166 (65.1%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue50.92°

Saturation (HSL)55.87%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 94 · B 2F

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Colour values

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