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Recognised as Colour

#A08921

  • #A08921
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A08921 is a yellow with RGB values 160, 137, 33 and HSL 49°, 66%, 38%. 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

#A08921#A08921
HEX#A08921
RGBrgb(160, 137, 33)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.5373, 0.1294
RGB percentages62.7%, 53.7%, 12.9%
HSLhsl(49.1, 65.8%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 79.4%, 62.7%)
CMYK0%, 14.4%, 79.4%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,520,865
CSS custom property--colour: #A08921;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.09:1
Contrast with white3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#5F76DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#988609no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9E8D28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AD7E75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.6Goldenrod · ΔE 22.1Dark khaki · ΔE 23Peru · ΔE 24.9Olivedrab · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2138A0
Analogous#A04921, #78A021
Triadic#21A089, #8921A0
Split complementary#2178A0, #4921A0
Tetradic#21A049, #2138A0, #A02178

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECDEA1
Lighter +30%#E3CF77
Lighter +20%#DAC14D
Lighter +10%#CAAD2A
Darker −10%#766518
Darker −20%#4B4110
Darker −30%#211C07
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B89809
Less saturated −25%#887A39

Channel breakdown

R160
G137
B33
Red160 (62.7%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue33 (12.9%)
Hue49.13°
Saturation (HSL)65.8%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A0 · G 89 · B 21

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