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Colour

#A9931C

  • #A9931C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A9931C is a yellow with RGB values 169, 147, 28 and HSL 51°, 72%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A9931C#A9931C
HEX#A9931C
RGBrgb(169, 147, 28)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5765, 0.1098
RGB percentages66.3%, 57.6%, 11%
HSLhsl(50.6, 71.6%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 83.4%, 66.3%)
CMYK0%, 13%, 83.4%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,113,244
CSS custom property--colour: #A9931C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29386WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.88:1
Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#566CE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A38F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A99726no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#B7877Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14Goldenrod · ΔE 18Dark khaki · ΔE 24.4Olivedrab · ΔE 27.3Peru · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1C32A9
Analogous#A94D1C, #78A91C
Triadic#1CA993, #931CA9
Split complementary#1C78A9, #4D1CA9
Tetradic#1CA94D, #1C32A9, #A91C78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0E3A1
Lighter +30%#E8D676
Lighter +20%#E1C94A
Lighter +10%#D5B923
Darker −10%#7D6D15
Darker −20%#51470E
Darker −30%#262106
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C2A403
Less saturated −25%#908235

Channel breakdown

R169
G147
B28
Red169 (66.3%)
Green147 (57.6%)
Blue28 (11%)
Hue50.64°
Saturation (HSL)71.57%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A9 · G 93 · B 1C

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