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Recognised as Colour

#A69528

  • #A69528
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A69528 is a yellow with RGB values 166, 149, 40 and HSL 52°, 61%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A69528#A69528
HEX#A69528
RGBrgb(166, 149, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5843, 0.1569
RGB percentages65.1%, 58.4%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(51.9, 61.2%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 75.9%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 10.2%, 75.9%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,917,160
CSS custom property--colour: #A69528;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.95:1
Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#596AD7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A49113no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8972Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#B38A80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.1Dark khaki · ΔE 20.8Goldenrod · ΔE 21.3Olivedrab · ΔE 24.4Peru · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2839A6
Analogous#A65628, #78A628
Triadic#28A695, #9528A6
Split complementary#2878A6, #5628A6
Tetradic#28A656, #2839A6, #A62878

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE3AE
Lighter +30%#E2D585
Lighter +20%#D8C75C
Lighter +10%#CEB933
Darker −10%#7D701E
Darker −20%#544B14
Darker −30%#2B260A
Darker −40%#020100
More saturated +25%#C0A80E
Less saturated −25%#8C8242

Channel breakdown

R166
G149
B40
Red166 (65.1%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue51.9°
Saturation (HSL)61.17%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 95 · B 28

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