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Recognised as Colour

#A69936

  • #A69936
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A69936 is a yellow with RGB values 166, 153, 54 and HSL 53°, 51%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A69936#A69936
HEX#A69936
RGBrgb(166, 153, 54)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6, 0.2118
RGB percentages65.1%, 60%, 21.2%
HSLhsl(53, 50.9%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53, 67.5%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 7.8%, 67.5%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,918,198
CSS custom property--colour: #A69936;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31156WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.23:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#5966C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A79429no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AB9A3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B28E85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.2Dark khaki · ΔE 16.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.6Olivedrab · ΔE 22.6Goldenrod · ΔE 24.6Khaki · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3643A6
Analogous#A66136, #7BA636
Triadic#36A699, #9936A6
Split complementary#367BA6, #6136A6
Tetradic#36A661, #3643A6, #A6367B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE5BE
Lighter +30%#DDD598
Lighter +20%#D1C671
Lighter +10%#C4B64B
Darker −10%#807629
Darker −20%#59521D
Darker −30%#332F10
Darker −40%#0C0B04
More saturated +25%#C2AE1B
Less saturated −25%#8B8452

Channel breakdown

R166
G153
B54
Red166 (65.1%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue54 (21.2%)
Hue53.04°
Saturation (HSL)50.91%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 99 · B 36

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