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Recognised as Colour

#A69B6A

  • #A69B6A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tan

#A69B6A is a yellow with RGB values 166, 155, 106 and HSL 49°, 25%, 53%. 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

#A69B6A#A69B6A
HEX#A69B6A
RGBrgb(166, 155, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6078, 0.4157
RGB percentages65.1%, 60.8%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(49, 25.2%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49, 36.1%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 6.6%, 36.1%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,918,762
CSS custom property--colour: #A69B6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.52:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#596495

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A49867no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A89C6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AF948Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 14.3Dark khaki · ΔE 16.3Burlywood · ΔE 17.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.8Wheat · ΔE 26.2Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 14.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A75A6
Analogous#A67D6A, #93A66A
Triadic#6AA69B, #9B6AA6
Split complementary#6A93A6, #7D6AA6
Tetradic#6AA67D, #6A75A6, #A66A93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F1EA
Lighter +30%#DFDBCA
Lighter +20%#CCC6AA
Lighter +10%#B9B08A
Darker −10%#8A8053
Darker −20%#6A6340
Darker −30%#4B452D
Darker −40%#2B2719
More saturated +25%#C4AE4C
Less saturated −25%#888888

Channel breakdown

R166
G155
B106
Red166 (65.1%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue49°
Saturation (HSL)25.21%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 9B · B 6A

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