Colour

#A9B06C

#A9B06C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A9B06C is a yellow with RGB values 169, 176, 108 and HSL 66°, 30%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A9B06C

RGBrgb(169, 176, 108)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.6902, 0.4235

RGB percentages66.3%, 69%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(66.2, 30.1%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.2, 38.6%, 69%)

CMYK4%, 0%, 38.6%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,120,748

CSS custom property--colour: #A9B06C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.11:1

Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#564F93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9AA67no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9AC6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Tritanopia#B1A99Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 7.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.3 Tan · ΔE 21.2 Burlywood · ΔE 21.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.3 Khaki · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 7.7, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#736CB0

Analogous#B0956C, #87B06C

Triadic#6CA9B0, #B06CA9

Split complementary#6C87B0, #956CB0

Tetradic#6CB095, #736CB0, #B06C87

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F7F1

Lighter +30%#E3E5D0

Lighter +20%#D0D4AE

Lighter +10%#BCC28D

Darker −10%#909851

Darker −20%#717640

Darker −30%#51552E

Darker −40%#32341C

More saturated +25%#BFCC50

Less saturated −25%#939488

Channel breakdown

R169

G176

B108

Red169 (66.3%)

Green176 (69%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue66.18°

Saturation (HSL)30.09%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A9 · G B0 · B 6C

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