Recognised as Colour

#A6A347

#A6A347
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A6A347 is a yellow with RGB values 166, 163, 71 and HSL 58°, 40%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A6A347

RGBrgb(166, 163, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6392, 0.2784

RGB percentages65.1%, 63.9%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(58.1, 40.1%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.1, 57.2%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 1.8%, 57.2%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,920,775

CSS custom property--colour: #A6A347;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.95:1

Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#595CB8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AF9D3Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A14Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B1998Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.4 Olive · ΔE 16.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 20.3 Khaki · ΔE 25 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27 Burlywood · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#474AA6

Analogous#A67447, #7AA647

Triadic#47A6A3, #A347A6

Split complementary#4779A6, #7447A6

Tetradic#47A673, #474AA6, #A64779

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE9CF

Lighter +30%#DBDAAB

Lighter +20%#CCCA87

Lighter +10%#BCBA64

Darker −10%#828038

Darker −20%#5F5D28

Darker −30%#3B3A19

Darker −40%#17170A

More saturated +25%#C4BF29

Less saturated −25%#888765

Channel breakdown

R166

G163

B71

Red166 (65.1%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue58.11°

Saturation (HSL)40.08%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G A3 · B 47

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