Recognised as Colour
#A79A51
- #A79A51
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark khaki
#A79A51 is a yellow with RGB values 167, 154, 81 and HSL 51°, 35%, 49%. 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
#A79A51#A79A51
HEX#A79A51
RGBrgb(167, 154, 81)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.6039, 0.3176
RGB percentages65.5%, 60.4%, 31.8%
HSLhsl(50.9, 34.7%, 48.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 51.5%, 65.5%)
CMYK0%, 7.8%, 51.5%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,984,017
CSS custom property--colour: #A79A51;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.31921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.38:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#5865AE
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#515EA7
Analogous#A76F51, #89A751
Triadic#51A79A, #9A51A7
Split complementary#5189A7, #6F51A7
Tetradic#51A76F, #515EA7, #A75189
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R167
G154
B81
Red167 (65.5%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue81 (31.8%)
Hue50.93°
Saturation (HSL)34.68%
Lightness48.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A7 · G 9A · B 51
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