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Colour

#A89969

  • #A89969
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tan

#A89969 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 153, 105 and HSL 46°, 27%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A89969#A89969
HEX#A89969
RGBrgb(168, 153, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6, 0.4118
RGB percentages65.9%, 60%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(45.7, 26.6%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.7, 37.5%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 8.9%, 37.5%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,049,321
CSS custom property--colour: #A89969;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.43:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#576696

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39766no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A79C6Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#B1928Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 13.6Burlywood · ΔE 16.4Dark khaki · ΔE 17.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.5Wheat · ΔE 26.3Navajo white · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 13.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6978A8
Analogous#A87A69, #98A869
Triadic#69A899, #9969A8
Split complementary#6997A8, #7A69A8
Tetradic#69A87A, #6978A8, #A86997

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F1EA
Lighter +30%#E0DBCA
Lighter +20%#CDC5AA
Lighter +10%#BBAF89
Darker −10%#8D7E51
Darker −20%#6C613F
Darker −30%#4C442C
Darker −40%#2C2719
More saturated +25%#C6A94B
Less saturated −25%#8A8987

Channel breakdown

R168
G153
B105
Red168 (65.9%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue45.71°
Saturation (HSL)26.58%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 99 · B 69

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