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Recognised as Colour

#A9985C

  • #A9985C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A9985C is a yellow with RGB values 169, 152, 92 and HSL 47°, 31%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A9985C#A9985C
HEX#A9985C
RGBrgb(169, 152, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5961, 0.3608
RGB percentages66.3%, 59.6%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(46.8, 30.9%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.8, 45.6%, 66.3%)
CMYK0%, 10.1%, 45.6%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,114,588
CSS custom property--colour: #A9985C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31664WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.33:1
Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#5667A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A49657no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A89B5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#B49089no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.4Tan · ΔE 16.8Burlywood · ΔE 17.1Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.9Peru · ΔE 27.5Olive · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C6DA9
Analogous#A9715C, #93A95C
Triadic#5CA998, #985CA9
Split complementary#5C94A9, #715CA9
Tetradic#5CA971, #5C6DA9, #A95C94

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFECE2
Lighter +30%#DED7C0
Lighter +20%#CCC29F
Lighter +10%#BBAD7D
Darker −10%#897B49
Darker −20%#685D37
Darker −30%#473F25
Darker −40%#252114
More saturated +25%#C8A93D
Less saturated −25%#8A877B

Channel breakdown

R169
G152
B92
Red169 (66.3%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue46.75°
Saturation (HSL)30.92%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A9 · G 98 · B 5C

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