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Recognised as Colour

#A6963A

  • #A6963A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A6963A is a yellow with RGB values 166, 150, 58 and HSL 51°, 48%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A6963A#A6963A
HEX#A6963A
RGBrgb(166, 150, 58)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5882, 0.2275
RGB percentages65.1%, 58.8%, 22.7%
HSLhsl(51.1, 48.2%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 65.1%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 9.6%, 65.1%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,917,434
CSS custom property--colour: #A6963A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.05:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#5969C5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4922Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8983Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B28C83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.7Dark khaki · ΔE 15.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.5Olivedrab · ΔE 24.1Goldenrod · ΔE 25.6Peru · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A4AA6
Analogous#A6603A, #80A63A
Triadic#3AA696, #963AA6
Split complementary#3A80A6, #603AA6
Tetradic#3AA660, #3A4AA6, #A63A80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE4C2
Lighter +30%#DDD39C
Lighter +20%#CFC277
Lighter +10%#C2B151
Darker −10%#80742D
Darker −20%#5A5220
Darker −30%#353012
Darker −40%#0F0D05
More saturated +25%#C2AA1E
Less saturated −25%#8A8256

Channel breakdown

R166
G150
B58
Red166 (65.1%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue58 (22.7%)
Hue51.11°
Saturation (HSL)48.21%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 96 · B 3A

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