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Recognised as Colour

#A79415

  • #A79415
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A79415 is a yellow with RGB values 167, 148, 21 and HSL 52°, 78%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A79415#A79415
HEX#A79415
RGBrgb(167, 148, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5804, 0.0824
RGB percentages65.5%, 58%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(52.2, 77.7%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 87.4%, 65.5%)
CMYK0%, 11.4%, 87.4%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,982,421
CSS custom property--colour: #A79415;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.89:1
Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#586BEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A49000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A99721no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B5887Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.4Goldenrod · ΔE 18.4Dark khaki · ΔE 25.6Olivedrab · ΔE 26.6Peru · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1528A7
Analogous#A74B15, #71A715
Triadic#15A794, #9415A7
Split complementary#1571A7, #4B15A7
Tetradic#15A74B, #1528A7, #A71571

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2E696
Lighter +30%#ECDB69
Lighter +20%#E6D03C
Lighter +10%#D4BC1B
Darker −10%#7A6C0F
Darker −20%#4C440A
Darker −30%#1F1C04
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#BCA400
Less saturated −25%#90832D

Channel breakdown

R167
G148
B21
Red167 (65.5%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue52.19°
Saturation (HSL)77.66%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A7 · G 94 · B 15

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