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Recognised as Colour

#A0871D

  • #A0871D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A0871D is a yellow with RGB values 160, 135, 29 and HSL 49°, 69%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A0871D#A0871D
HEX#A0871D
RGBrgb(160, 135, 29)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.5294, 0.1137
RGB percentages62.7%, 52.9%, 11.4%
HSLhsl(48.5, 69.3%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 81.9%, 62.7%)
CMYK0%, 15.6%, 81.9%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,520,349
CSS custom property--colour: #A0871D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.98:1
Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#5F78E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#968400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D8C25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AD7B73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.4Goldenrod · ΔE 21.5Dark khaki · ΔE 24.3Peru · ΔE 24.3Olivedrab · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1D36A0
Analogous#A0461D, #77A01D
Triadic#1DA087, #871DA0
Split complementary#1D77A0, #461DA0
Tetradic#1DA046, #1D36A0, #A01D77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDDE9C
Lighter +30%#E5CF71
Lighter +20%#DDC046
Lighter +10%#CBAB25
Darker −10%#756315
Darker −20%#4A3E0D
Darker −30%#1E1A06
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B89605
Less saturated −25%#887835

Channel breakdown

R160
G135
B29
Red160 (62.7%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue29 (11.4%)
Hue48.55°
Saturation (HSL)69.31%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A0 · G 87 · B 1D

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