Recognised as Colour

#A69E39

#A69E39
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A69E39 is a yellow with RGB values 166, 158, 57 and HSL 56°, 49%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#A69E39

RGBrgb(166, 158, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6196, 0.2235

RGB percentages65.1%, 62%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(55.6, 48.9%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.6, 65.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 65.7%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,919,481

CSS custom property--colour: #A69E39;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1

Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#5961C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AB992Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AE9D3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B29489no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 21 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.7 Khaki · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3941A6

Analogous#A66839, #78A639

Triadic#39A69E, #9E39A6

Split complementary#3978A6, #6739A6

Tetradic#39A667, #3941A6, #A63978

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE7C1

Lighter +30%#DDD89B

Lighter +20%#D0C975

Lighter +10%#C3BA4F

Darker −10%#807A2C

Darker −20%#5A561F

Darker −30%#343212

Darker −40%#0E0D05

More saturated +25%#C2B61D

Less saturated −25%#8A8655

Channel breakdown

R166

G158

B57

Red166 (65.1%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue55.6°

Saturation (HSL)48.88%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 9E · B 39

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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