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Recognised as Colour

#A9903C

  • #A9903C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A9903C is a yellow with RGB values 169, 144, 60 and HSL 46°, 48%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A9903C#A9903C
HEX#A9903C
RGBrgb(169, 144, 60)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5647, 0.2353
RGB percentages66.3%, 56.5%, 23.5%
HSLhsl(46.2, 47.6%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.2, 64.5%, 66.3%)
CMYK0%, 14.8%, 64.5%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,112,508
CSS custom property--colour: #A9903C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.74:1
Contrast with white3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#566FC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F8E33no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A59540no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B6857Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17Olive · ΔE 18Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19Peru · ΔE 22Burlywood · ΔE 24.8Goldenrod · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C55A9
Analogous#A9593C, #8BA93C
Triadic#3CA990, #903CA9
Split complementary#3C8CA9, #593CA9
Tetradic#3CA959, #3C55A9, #A93C8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE2C6
Lighter +30%#DDCFA1
Lighter +20%#D0BD7B
Lighter +10%#C3AA55
Darker −10%#83702F
Darker −20%#5E5021
Darker −30%#383014
Darker −40%#121007
More saturated +25%#C69F1F
Less saturated −25%#8C8159

Channel breakdown

R169
G144
B60
Red169 (66.3%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue60 (23.5%)
Hue46.24°
Saturation (HSL)47.6%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A9 · G 90 · B 3C

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