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Recognised as Colour

#A99139

  • #A99139
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A99139 is a yellow with RGB values 169, 145, 57 and HSL 47°, 50%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A99139#A99139
HEX#A99139
RGBrgb(169, 145, 57)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5686, 0.2235
RGB percentages66.3%, 56.9%, 22.4%
HSLhsl(47.1, 49.6%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 66.3%, 66.3%)
CMYK0%, 14.2%, 66.3%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,112,761
CSS custom property--colour: #A99139;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.8:1
Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#566EC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A08E2Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6963Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#B6867Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 16.8Dark khaki · ΔE 17.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.2Peru · ΔE 22.7Goldenrod · ΔE 24.7Burlywood · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3951A9
Analogous#A95939, #89A939
Triadic#39A991, #9139A9
Split complementary#3989A9, #5939A9
Tetradic#39A959, #3951A9, #A93989

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE2C3
Lighter +30%#DED09D
Lighter +20%#D1BE77
Lighter +10%#C4AB51
Darker −10%#83702C
Darker −20%#5D501F
Darker −30%#372F12
Darker −40%#100E06
More saturated +25%#C5A11D
Less saturated −25%#8D8155

Channel breakdown

R169
G145
B57
Red169 (66.3%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue57 (22.4%)
Hue47.14°
Saturation (HSL)49.56%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A9 · G 91 · B 39

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