Colour

#A79522

#A79522
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A79522 is a yellow with RGB values 167, 149, 34 and HSL 52°, 66%, 39%. 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#A79522

RGBrgb(167, 149, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5843, 0.1333

RGB percentages65.5%, 58.4%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(51.9, 66.2%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 79.6%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 79.6%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,982,690

CSS custom property--colour: #A79522;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29826WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.97:1

Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#586ADD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A49103no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9972Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#B58980no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.2 Peru · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2234A7

Analogous#A75222, #76A722

Triadic#22A795, #9522A7

Split complementary#2276A7, #5222A7

Tetradic#22A753, #2234A7, #A72277

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDE4A8

Lighter +30%#E5D77D

Lighter +20%#DCC953

Lighter +10%#D1BB2B

Darker −10%#7D6F19

Darker −20%#524911

Darker −30%#282408

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C0A709

Less saturated −25%#8E833B

Channel breakdown

R167

G149

B34

Red167 (65.5%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue51.88°

Saturation (HSL)66.17%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 95 · B 22

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