Recognised as Colour

#A7A137

#A7A137
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A7A137 is a yellow with RGB values 167, 161, 55 and HSL 57°, 50%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#A7A137

RGBrgb(167, 161, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.6314, 0.2157

RGB percentages65.5%, 63.1%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(56.8, 50.5%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.8, 67.1%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 3.6%, 67.1%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,985,783

CSS custom property--colour: #A7A137;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.8:1

Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#585EC8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AF9B28no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A03Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B3968Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 20.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.3 Khaki · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#373DA7

Analogous#A76937, #75A737

Triadic#37A7A1, #A137A7

Split complementary#3775A7, #6937A7

Tetradic#37A769, #373DA7, #A73775

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE8C0

Lighter +30%#DEDA99

Lighter +20%#D1CC73

Lighter +10%#C4BE4D

Darker −10%#817C2A

Darker −20%#5A571E

Darker −30%#343211

Darker −40%#0E0D04

More saturated +25%#C3BA1B

Less saturated −25%#8B8853

Channel breakdown

R167

G161

B55

Red167 (65.5%)

Green161 (63.1%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue56.79°

Saturation (HSL)50.45%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G A1 · B 37

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