Colour

#A69A6D

#A69A6D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A69A6D is a yellow with RGB values 166, 154, 109 and HSL 47°, 24%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A69A6D#A69A6D

HEX#A69A6D

RGBrgb(166, 154, 109)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6039, 0.4275

RGB percentages65.1%, 60.4%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(47.4, 24.3%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.4, 34.3%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 7.2%, 34.3%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,918,509

CSS custom property--colour: #A69A6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.46:1

Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#596592

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3986Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69C6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#AF938Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 13.7 Burlywood · ΔE 17.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 24 Dark grey · ΔE 26 Wheat · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 13.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D79A6

Analogous#A67D6D, #96A66D

Triadic#6DA69A, #9A6DA6

Split complementary#6D96A6, #7D6DA6

Tetradic#6DA67D, #6D79A6, #A66D96

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3F2EC

Lighter +30%#E0DCCC

Lighter +20%#CDC6AC

Lighter +10%#B9B08D

Darker −10%#8B8055

Darker −20%#6B6342

Darker −30%#4C462E

Darker −40%#2C281B

More saturated +25%#C3AB50

Less saturated −25%#8A8A8A

Channel breakdown

R166

G154

B109

Red166 (65.1%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue47.37°

Saturation (HSL)24.26%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 9A · B 6D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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