Colour

#A6952F

#A6952F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A6952F is a yellow with RGB values 166, 149, 47 and HSL 51°, 56%, 42%. 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

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HEX#A6952F

RGBrgb(166, 149, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5843, 0.1843

RGB percentages65.1%, 58.4%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(51.4, 55.9%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 71.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 71.7%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,917,167

CSS custom property--colour: #A6952F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29807WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.96:1

Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#596AD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3911Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A89735no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B38A81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.9 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 text6.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.1 Peru · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F40A6

Analogous#A65A2F, #7BA62F

Triadic#2FA695, #952FA6

Split complementary#2F7CA6, #5A2FA6

Tetradic#2FA65A, #2F40A6, #A62F7B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE3B7

Lighter +30%#DFD48F

Lighter +20%#D4C467

Lighter +10%#C9B53F

Darker −10%#7E7124

Darker −20%#574E18

Darker −30%#2F2A0D

Darker −40%#070602

More saturated +25%#C1A814

Less saturated −25%#8B824A

Channel breakdown

R166

G149

B47

Red166 (65.1%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)55.87%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 95 · B 2F

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Colour values

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