Recognised as Colour
#A69D79
- #A69D79
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Tan
#A69D79 is a yellow with RGB values 166, 157, 121 and HSL 48°, 20%, 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
#A69D79#A69D79
HEX#A69D79
RGBrgb(166, 157, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6157, 0.4745
RGB percentages65.1%, 61.6%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(48, 20.2%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48, 27.1%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 5.4%, 27.1%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,919,289
CSS custom property--colour: #A69D79;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.33601WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.1 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#596286
Colour vision & accessibility
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
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#7982A6
Analogous#A68779, #99A679
Triadic#79A69D, #9D79A6
Split complementary#7999A6, #8679A6
Tetradic#79A686, #7982A6, #A67999
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R166
G157
B121
Red166 (65.1%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue48°
Saturation (HSL)20.18%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 9D · B 79
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