Colour

#A08900

#A08900
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A08900 is a yellow with RGB values 160, 137, 0 and HSL 51°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A08900#A08900

HEX#A08900

RGBrgb(160, 137, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.5373, 0

RGB percentages62.7%, 53.7%, 0%

HSLhsl(51.4, 100%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 100%, 62.7%)

CMYK0%, 14.4%, 100%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,520,832

CSS custom property--colour: #A08900;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25365WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.07:1

Contrast with white3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.07:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#5F76FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F8D13no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#AE7D74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.4 Peru · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0017A0

Analogous#A03900, #67A000

Triadic#00A089, #8900A0

Split complementary#0067A0, #3900A0

Tetradic#00A039, #0017A0, #A00067

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFEA6D

Lighter +30%#FFE33A

Lighter +20%#FFDB07

Lighter +10%#D3B500

Darker −10%#6D5D00

Darker −20%#3A3200

Darker −30%#070600

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A08900

Less saturated −25%#8C7B14

Channel breakdown

R160

G137

Red160 (62.7%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue51.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A0 · G 89 · B 00

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