Colour

#A99E72

#A99E72
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A99E72 is a yellow with RGB values 169, 158, 114 and HSL 48°, 24%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A99E72#A99E72

HEX#A99E72

RGBrgb(169, 158, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.6196, 0.4471

RGB percentages66.3%, 62%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(48, 24.2%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 32.5%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 6.5%, 32.5%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,116,146

CSS custom property--colour: #A99E72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34104WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.82:1

Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#56618D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79C6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA9F73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B19892no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.7 Burlywood · ΔE 16.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 18 Dark seagreen · ΔE 23 Wheat · ΔE 24.7 Dark grey · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#727DA9

Analogous#A98372, #99A972

Triadic#72A99E, #9E72A9

Split complementary#7299A9, #8372A9

Tetradic#72A983, #727DA9, #A97299

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F5F1

Lighter +30%#E3DFD1

Lighter +20%#D0CAB1

Lighter +10%#BCB492

Darker −10%#908558

Darker −20%#706845

Darker −30%#514A31

Darker −40%#312D1E

More saturated +25%#C5AF56

Less saturated −25%#8E8E8E

Channel breakdown

R169

G158

B114

Red169 (66.3%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)24.23%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 9E · B 72

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