Colour

#A99F6A

#A99F6A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A99F6A is a yellow with RGB values 169, 159, 106 and HSL 50°, 27%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A99F6A

RGBrgb(169, 159, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.6235, 0.4157

RGB percentages66.3%, 62.4%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(50.5, 26.8%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 37.3%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 37.3%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,116,394

CSS custom property--colour: #A99F6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.85:1

Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#566095

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A99C66no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACA06Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B29892no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.9 Tan · ΔE 14.3 Burlywood · ΔE 16.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.3 Wheat · ΔE 25.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A74A9

Analogous#A9806A, #93A96A

Triadic#6AA99F, #9F6AA9

Split complementary#6A93A9, #7F6AA9

Tetradic#6AA980, #6A74A9, #A96A94

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4F2EB

Lighter +30%#E1DECB

Lighter +20%#CEC9AB

Lighter +10%#BCB48A

Darker −10%#8E8452

Darker −20%#6E663F

Darker −30%#4D482D

Darker −40%#2D2A1A

More saturated +25%#C6B34D

Less saturated −25%#8C8B87

Channel breakdown

R169

G159

B106

Red169 (66.3%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue50.48°

Saturation (HSL)26.81%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 9F · B 6A

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