Colour

#A99515

#A99515
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A99515 is a yellow with RGB values 169, 149, 21 and HSL 52°, 78%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#A99515

RGBrgb(169, 149, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5843, 0.0824

RGB percentages66.3%, 58.4%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(51.9, 77.9%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 87.6%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 11.8%, 87.6%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,113,749

CSS custom property--colour: #A99515;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7:1

Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#566AEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A59100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA9821no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B7897Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 17.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.2 Peru · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1529A9

Analogous#A94B15, #73A915

Triadic#15A995, #9515A9

Split complementary#1573A9, #4B15A9

Tetradic#15A94B, #1529A9, #A91573

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2E698

Lighter +30%#EDDB6A

Lighter +20%#E7D03D

Lighter +10%#D6BD1B

Darker −10%#7C6D0F

Darker −20%#4E450A

Darker −30%#211D04

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BEA400

Less saturated −25%#91842D

Channel breakdown

R169

G149

B21

Red169 (66.3%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue51.89°

Saturation (HSL)77.89%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 95 · B 15

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