Colour

#A7941B

#A7941B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A7941B is a yellow with RGB values 167, 148, 27 and HSL 52°, 72%, 38%. 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

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HEX#A7941B

RGBrgb(167, 148, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5804, 0.1059

RGB percentages65.5%, 58%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(51.9, 72.2%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 83.8%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.4%, 83.8%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,982,427

CSS custom property--colour: #A7941B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.9 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#586BE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A39000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A99725no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B5887Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.3 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 12.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.1 Peru · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B2EA7

Analogous#A74E1B, #74A71B

Triadic#1BA794, #941BA7

Split complementary#1B74A7, #4E1BA7

Tetradic#1BA74E, #1B2EA7, #A71B74

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFE49F

Lighter +30%#E8D873

Lighter +20%#E1CC47

Lighter +10%#D3BB22

Darker −10%#7B6D14

Darker −20%#4F460D

Darker −30%#231F06

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BFA603

Less saturated −25%#8F8233

Channel breakdown

R167

G148

B27

Red167 (65.5%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue51.86°

Saturation (HSL)72.16%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 94 · B 1B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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