Recognised as Colour

#A99F71

#A99F71
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A99F71 is a yellow with RGB values 169, 159, 113 and HSL 49°, 25%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A99F71#A99F71

HEX#A99F71

RGBrgb(169, 159, 113)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.6235, 0.4431

RGB percentages66.3%, 62.4%, 44.3%

HSLhsl(49.3, 24.6%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 33.1%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 33.1%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,116,401

CSS custom property--colour: #A99F71;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1

Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#56608E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89C6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABA073no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B19893no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.9 Burlywood · ΔE 16.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.6 Wheat · ΔE 24.6 Dark grey · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.95, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#717BA9

Analogous#A98371, #97A971

Triadic#71A99F, #9F71A9

Split complementary#7197A9, #8371A9

Tetradic#71A983, #717BA9, #A97197

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F5F0

Lighter +30%#E3DFD0

Lighter +20%#CFCAB1

Lighter +10%#BCB491

Darker −10%#908657

Darker −20%#706844

Darker −30%#504B31

Darker −40%#312D1D

More saturated +25%#C6B155

Less saturated −25%#8D8D8D

Channel breakdown

R169

G159

B113

Red169 (66.3%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue113 (44.3%)

Hue49.29°

Saturation (HSL)24.56%

Lightness55.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 9F · B 71

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