Colour

#A79511

#A79511
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A79511 is a yellow with RGB values 167, 149, 17 and HSL 53°, 82%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#A79511

RGBrgb(167, 149, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5843, 0.0667

RGB percentages65.5%, 58.4%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(52.8, 81.5%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.8, 89.8%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 89.8%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,982,673

CSS custom property--colour: #A79511;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.95:1

Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#586AEE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A59100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9971Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B5897Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.6 Peru · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1123A7

Analogous#A74A11, #6EA711

Triadic#11A795, #9511A7

Split complementary#116EA7, #4A11A7

Tetradic#11A74A, #1123A7, #A7116E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4E890

Lighter +30%#EFDE62

Lighter +20%#EAD434

Lighter +10%#D5BE16

Darker −10%#796C0C

Darker −20%#4A4208

Darker −30%#1C1903

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B8A200

Less saturated −25%#908428

Channel breakdown

R167

G149

B17

Red167 (65.5%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue52.8°

Saturation (HSL)81.52%

Lightness36.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 95 · B 11

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