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Recognised as Colour

#A69B2F

  • #A69B2F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A69B2F is a yellow with RGB values 166, 155, 47 and HSL 54°, 56%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A69B2F#A69B2F
HEX#A69B2F
RGBrgb(166, 155, 47)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6078, 0.1843
RGB percentages65.1%, 60.8%, 18.4%
HSLhsl(54.5, 55.9%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54.5, 71.7%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 6.6%, 71.7%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,918,703
CSS custom property--colour: #A69B2F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.35:1
Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#5964D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9961Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AD9B36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#B39086no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.2Dark khaki · ΔE 18.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.4Olivedrab · ΔE 22.1Goldenrod · ΔE 23.2Khaki · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2F3AA6
Analogous#A65F2F, #76A62F
Triadic#2FA69B, #9B2FA6
Split complementary#2F76A6, #5F2FA6
Tetradic#2FA65F, #2F3AA6, #A62F76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE6B7
Lighter +30%#DFD88F
Lighter +20%#D4CA67
Lighter +10%#C9BC3F
Darker −10%#7E7624
Darker −20%#575118
Darker −30%#2F2C0D
Darker −40%#070702
More saturated +25%#C1B114
Less saturated −25%#8B854A

Channel breakdown

R166
G155
B47
Red166 (65.1%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue47 (18.4%)
Hue54.45°
Saturation (HSL)55.87%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 9B · B 2F

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