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Recognised as Colour

#A08B00

  • #A08B00
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A08B00 is a yellow with RGB values 160, 139, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A08B00#A08B00
HEX#A08B00
RGBrgb(160, 139, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.5451, 0
RGB percentages62.7%, 54.5%, 0%
HSLhsl(52.1, 100%, 31.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 100%, 62.7%)
CMYK0%, 13.1%, 100%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,521,344
CSS custom property--colour: #A08B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.19:1
Contrast with white3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#5F74FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A8700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A08E14no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AE7F76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14Goldenrod · ΔE 19Olivedrab · ΔE 27.5Dark khaki · ΔE 28.2Peru · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0015A0
Analogous#A03B00, #65A000
Triadic#00A08B, #8B00A0
Split complementary#0065A0, #3B00A0
Tetradic#00A03B, #0015A0, #A00065

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFEC6D
Lighter +30%#FFE53A
Lighter +20%#FFDE07
Lighter +10%#D3B700
Darker −10%#6D5F00
Darker −20%#3A3200
Darker −30%#070600
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A08B00
Less saturated −25%#8C7C14

Channel breakdown

R160
G139
B0
Red160 (62.7%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue52.12°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness31.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A0 · G 8B · B 00

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