Colour

#A9A079

#A9A079
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A9A079 is a yellow with RGB values 169, 160, 121 and HSL 49°, 22%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A9A079#A9A079

HEX#A9A079

RGBrgb(169, 160, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.6275, 0.4745

RGB percentages66.3%, 62.7%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(48.8, 21.8%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 28.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 5.3%, 28.4%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,116,665

CSS custom property--colour: #A9A079;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34957WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.99:1

Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#565F86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89E76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABA17Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B19A96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.6 Burlywood · ΔE 17.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.2 Dark grey · ΔE 22.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.1 Wheat · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7982A9

Analogous#A98879, #9AA979

Triadic#79A9A0, #A079A9

Split complementary#799AA9, #8879A9

Tetradic#79A988, #7982A9, #A9799A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F8F5

Lighter +30%#E5E2D6

Lighter +20%#D1CCB7

Lighter +10%#BDB698

Darker −10%#92885D

Darker −20%#736B49

Darker −30%#534E36

Darker −40%#343122

More saturated +25%#C4B15E

Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R169

G160

B121

Red169 (66.3%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue48.75°

Saturation (HSL)21.82%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G A0 · B 79

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