Colour

#A6A190

#A6A190
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark grey

#A6A190 is a yellow with RGB values 166, 161, 144 and HSL 46°, 11%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A6A190#A6A190

HEX#A6A190

RGBrgb(166, 161, 144)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6314, 0.5647

RGB percentages65.1%, 63.1%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(46.4, 11%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.4, 13.3%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 3%, 13.3%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,920,336

CSS custom property--colour: #A6A190;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.12:1

Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#595E6F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A5A08Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6A290no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#AA9E9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10 Silver · ΔE 15 Gray · ΔE 15.9 Tan · ΔE 18.4 Rosy brown · ΔE 18.6 Light grey · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9095A6

Analogous#A69690, #A0A690

Triadic#90A6A1, #A190A6

Split complementary#90A0A6, #9690A6

Tetradic#90A696, #9095A6, #A690A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EAE9E5

Lighter +20%#D3D1C9

Lighter +10%#BDB9AC

Darker −10%#8F8974

Darker −20%#736E5D

Darker −30%#575346

Darker −40%#3B382F

More saturated +25%#BFAF77

Less saturated −25%#9B9B9B

Channel breakdown

R166

G161

B144

Red166 (65.1%)

Green161 (63.1%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue46.36°

Saturation (HSL)11%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G A1 · B 90

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