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Recognised as Colour

#A99721

  • #A99721
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A99721 is a yellow with RGB values 169, 151, 33 and HSL 52°, 67%, 40%. 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

#A99721#A99721
HEX#A99721
RGBrgb(169, 151, 33)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5922, 0.1294
RGB percentages66.3%, 59.2%, 12.9%
HSLhsl(52.1, 67.3%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 80.5%, 66.3%)
CMYK0%, 10.7%, 80.5%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,114,273
CSS custom property--colour: #A99721;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30678WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.14:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#5668DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A69300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AB992Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B78B81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.2Goldenrod · ΔE 19.2Dark khaki · ΔE 23Olivedrab · ΔE 25.6Peru · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2133A9
Analogous#A95321, #77A921
Triadic#21A997, #9721A9
Split complementary#2177A9, #5321A9
Tetradic#21A953, #2133A9, #A92177

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEE5A8
Lighter +30%#E6D87D
Lighter +20%#DDCB53
Lighter +10%#D4BD29
Darker −10%#7E7119
Darker −20%#544B10
Darker −30%#292508
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C2AA08
Less saturated −25%#90843A

Channel breakdown

R169
G151
B33
Red169 (66.3%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue33 (12.9%)
Hue52.06°
Saturation (HSL)67.33%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A9 · G 97 · B 21

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