Recognised as Colour

#A9971C

#A9971C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A9971C is a yellow with RGB values 169, 151, 28 and HSL 52°, 72%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A9971C#A9971C

HEX#A9971C

RGBrgb(169, 151, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5922, 0.1098

RGB percentages66.3%, 59.2%, 11%

HSLhsl(52.3, 71.6%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 83.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 10.7%, 83.4%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,114,268

CSS custom property--colour: #A9971C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30652WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.13:1

Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#5668E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A69300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9927no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B78B81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 26 Peru · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C2EA9

Analogous#A9501C, #75A91C

Triadic#1CA997, #971CA9

Split complementary#1C74A9, #511CA9

Tetradic#1CA951, #1C2EA9, #A91C74

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0E6A1

Lighter +30%#E8DA76

Lighter +20%#E1CE4A

Lighter +10%#D5BE23

Darker −10%#7D7015

Darker −20%#51490E

Darker −30%#262206

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C2A903

Less saturated −25%#908535

Channel breakdown

R169

G151

B28

Red169 (66.3%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue52.34°

Saturation (HSL)71.57%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 97 · B 1C

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