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Recognised as Colour

#A99A1E

  • #A99A1E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A99A1E is a yellow with RGB values 169, 154, 30 and HSL 54°, 70%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A99A1E#A99A1E
HEX#A99A1E
RGBrgb(169, 154, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.6039, 0.1176
RGB percentages66.3%, 60.4%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(53.5, 69.8%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.5, 82.2%, 66.3%)
CMYK0%, 8.9%, 82.2%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,115,038
CSS custom property--colour: #A99A1E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3164WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.33:1
Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#5665E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A99500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AE9B29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B78E84no 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 text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.8Goldenrod · ΔE 19.4Dark khaki · ΔE 23.9Olivedrab · ΔE 25Khaki · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E2DA9
Analogous#A9551E, #73A91E
Triadic#1EA99A, #9A1EA9
Split complementary#1E73A9, #541EA9
Tetradic#1EA954, #1E2DA9, #A91E73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE7A4
Lighter +30%#E7DB79
Lighter +20%#DFD04E
Lighter +10%#D4C126
Darker −10%#7E7316
Darker −20%#524B0F
Darker −30%#272407
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C2AE05
Less saturated −25%#908637

Channel breakdown

R169
G154
B30
Red169 (66.3%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue53.53°
Saturation (HSL)69.85%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A9 · G 9A · B 1E

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