Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#A69E6E

  • #A69E6E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tan

#A69E6E is a yellow with RGB values 166, 158, 110 and HSL 51°, 24%, 54%. 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

#A69E6E#A69E6E
HEX#A69E6E
RGBrgb(166, 158, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6196, 0.4314
RGB percentages65.1%, 62%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(51.4, 23.9%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 33.7%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 4.8%, 33.7%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,919,534
CSS custom property--colour: #A69E6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.74:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#596191

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A79B6Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A99E70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#AE9792no 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 text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 14.2Dark khaki · ΔE 16.3Burlywood · ΔE 17.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.1Wheat · ΔE 25.5Dark grey · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 14.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E76A6
Analogous#A6826E, #92A66E
Triadic#6EA69E, #9E6EA6
Split complementary#6E92A6, #826EA6
Tetradic#6EA682, #6E76A6, #A66E92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F3EC
Lighter +30%#E0DDCD
Lighter +20%#CDC8AD
Lighter +10%#B9B38E
Darker −10%#8B8456
Darker −20%#6C6642
Darker −30%#4C482F
Darker −40%#2D2A1B
More saturated +25%#C3B351
Less saturated −25%#8A8A8A

Channel breakdown

R166
G158
B110
Red166 (65.1%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue51.43°
Saturation (HSL)23.93%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 9E · B 6E

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “a69e6e” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.