Recognised as Colour

#A79524

#A79524
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A79524 is a yellow with RGB values 167, 149, 36 and HSL 52°, 65%, 40%. 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#A79524

RGBrgb(167, 149, 36)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5843, 0.1412

RGB percentages65.5%, 58.4%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(51.8, 64.5%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 78.4%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 78.4%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,982,692

CSS custom property--colour: #A79524;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.7 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#586ADB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A49109no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9972Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B48980no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.7 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 16.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 22 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.1 Peru · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2436A7

Analogous#A75424, #77A724

Triadic#24A795, #9524A7

Split complementary#2477A7, #5424A7

Tetradic#24A754, #2436A7, #A72478

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDE4AA

Lighter +30%#E4D680

Lighter +20%#DBC856

Lighter +10%#D1BA2D

Darker −10%#7D701B

Darker −20%#534A12

Darker −30%#292509

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C0A70B

Less saturated −25%#8E833D

Channel breakdown

R167

G149

B36

Red167 (65.5%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue51.76°

Saturation (HSL)64.53%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 95 · B 24

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