Colour

#A69D78

#A69D78
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A69D78 is a yellow with RGB values 166, 157, 120 and HSL 48°, 21%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#A69D78

RGBrgb(166, 157, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6157, 0.4706

RGB percentages65.1%, 61.6%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(48.3, 20.5%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 27.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 5.4%, 27.7%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,919,288

CSS custom property--colour: #A69D78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.72:1

Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#596287

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A59B76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A79E79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AD9793no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 13.5 Burlywood · ΔE 18.4 Dark grey · ΔE 21.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.5 Gray · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 13.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7881A6

Analogous#A68678, #98A678

Triadic#78A69D, #9D78A6

Split complementary#7898A6, #8678A6

Tetradic#78A686, #7881A6, #A67898

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F6F3

Lighter +30%#E3E0D4

Lighter +20%#CFCAB5

Lighter +10%#BAB397

Darker −10%#8E845D

Darker −20%#6F6749

Darker −30%#504B35

Darker −40%#312E21

More saturated +25%#C2AE5C

Less saturated −25%#8F8F8F

Channel breakdown

R166

G157

B120

Red166 (65.1%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue48.26°

Saturation (HSL)20.54%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 9D · B 78

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