Colour

#A99F72

#A99F72
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A99F72 is a yellow with RGB values 169, 159, 114 and HSL 49°, 24%, 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

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HEX#A99F72

RGBrgb(169, 159, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.6235, 0.4471

RGB percentages66.3%, 62.4%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(49.1, 24.2%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 32.5%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 32.5%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,116,402

CSS custom property--colour: #A99F72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.89:1

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

Contrast with black7.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#56608D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89C6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABA074no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B19993no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 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 text7.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.8 Burlywood · ΔE 16.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.6 Wheat · ΔE 24.5 Dark grey · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#727CA9

Analogous#A98472, #97A972

Triadic#72A99F, #9F72A9

Split complementary#7297A9, #8472A9

Tetradic#72A984, #727CA9, #A97298

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F5F1

Lighter +30%#E3E0D1

Lighter +20%#D0CAB1

Lighter +10%#BCB592

Darker −10%#908658

Darker −20%#706845

Darker −30%#514B31

Darker −40%#312E1E

More saturated +25%#C5B156

Less saturated −25%#8E8E8E

Channel breakdown

R169

G159

B114

Red169 (66.3%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)24.23%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 9F · B 72

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