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Recognised as Colour

#A79843

  • #A79843
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A79843 is a yellow with RGB values 167, 152, 67 and HSL 51°, 43%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A79843#A79843
HEX#A79843
RGBrgb(167, 152, 67)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5961, 0.2627
RGB percentages65.5%, 59.6%, 26.3%
HSLhsl(51, 42.7%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51, 59.9%, 65.5%)
CMYK0%, 9%, 59.9%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,983,491
CSS custom property--colour: #A79843;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.22:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#5867BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5943Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AA9A47no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B38E85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.1Olive · ΔE 17.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23Olivedrab · ΔE 24.6Burlywood · ΔE 24.7Tan · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4352A7
Analogous#A76643, #84A743
Triadic#43A798, #9843A7
Split complementary#4384A7, #6643A7
Tetradic#43A766, #4352A7, #A74384

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE6CC
Lighter +30%#DCD4A7
Lighter +20%#CDC283
Lighter +10%#BFB05E
Darker −10%#837734
Darker −20%#5E5626
Darker −30%#3A3517
Darker −40%#151309
More saturated +25%#C4AC26
Less saturated −25%#8A8460

Channel breakdown

R167
G152
B67
Red167 (65.5%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue67 (26.3%)
Hue51°
Saturation (HSL)42.74%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A7 · G 98 · B 43

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