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Recognised as Colour

#A79527

  • #A79527
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A79527 is a yellow with RGB values 167, 149, 39 and HSL 52°, 62%, 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

#A79527#A79527
HEX#A79527
RGBrgb(167, 149, 39)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5843, 0.1529
RGB percentages65.5%, 58.4%, 15.3%
HSLhsl(51.6, 62.1%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 76.6%, 65.5%)
CMYK0%, 10.8%, 76.6%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,982,695
CSS custom property--colour: #A79527;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.8 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#586AD8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A49110no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9972Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B48A80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.1 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 12.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.6Goldenrod · ΔE 20.7Dark khaki · ΔE 21.2Olivedrab · ΔE 24.9Peru · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2739A7
Analogous#A75527, #79A727
Triadic#27A795, #9527A7
Split complementary#2779A7, #5527A7
Tetradic#27A755, #2739A7, #A72779

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE3AE
Lighter +30%#E2D585
Lighter +20%#D9C75B
Lighter +10%#CFB932
Darker −10%#7E701D
Darker −20%#544B14
Darker −30%#2B260A
Darker −40%#020100
More saturated +25%#C1A80D
Less saturated −25%#8D8241

Channel breakdown

R167
G149
B39
Red167 (65.5%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue39 (15.3%)
Hue51.56°
Saturation (HSL)62.14%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A7 · G 95 · B 27

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