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Recognised as Colour

#A79960

  • #A79960
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A79960 is a yellow with RGB values 167, 153, 96 and HSL 48°, 29%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A79960#A79960
HEX#A79960
RGBrgb(167, 153, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.6, 0.3765
RGB percentages65.5%, 60%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(48.2, 28.7%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 42.5%, 65.5%)
CMYK0%, 8.4%, 42.5%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,983,776
CSS custom property--colour: #A79960;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31842WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.37:1
Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#58669F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4965Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A89B62no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B1918Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.8Tan · ΔE 16.1Burlywood · ΔE 17.2Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.4Wheat · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#606EA7
Analogous#A77560, #92A760
Triadic#60A799, #9960A7
Split complementary#6092A7, #7560A7
Tetradic#60A775, #606EA7, #A76092

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0EDE3
Lighter +30%#DED8C2
Lighter +20%#CBC3A2
Lighter +10%#B9AE81
Darker −10%#887C4C
Darker −20%#685F39
Darker −30%#474127
Darker −40%#262315
More saturated +25%#C6AC41
Less saturated −25%#88867F

Channel breakdown

R167
G153
B96
Red167 (65.5%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue48.17°
Saturation (HSL)28.74%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A7 · G 99 · B 60

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