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Recognised as Colour

#A08E27

  • #A08E27
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A08E27 is a yellow with RGB values 160, 142, 39 and HSL 51°, 61%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A08E27#A08E27
HEX#A08E27
RGBrgb(160, 142, 39)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.5569, 0.1529
RGB percentages62.7%, 55.7%, 15.3%
HSLhsl(51.1, 60.8%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 75.6%, 62.7%)
CMYK0%, 11.2%, 75.6%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,522,151
CSS custom property--colour: #A08E27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26966WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.39:1
Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.39:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#5F71D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9C8A14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1912Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AD837Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17Dark khaki · ΔE 20.9Goldenrod · ΔE 23.2Olivedrab · ΔE 24.3Peru · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2739A0
Analogous#A05227, #76A027
Triadic#27A08E, #8E27A0
Split complementary#2775A0, #5227A0
Tetradic#27A052, #2739A0, #A02775

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE0A9
Lighter +30%#E0D280
Lighter +20%#D6C357
Lighter +10%#C9B231
Darker −10%#776A1D
Darker −20%#4E4513
Darker −30%#252109
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B99F0E
Less saturated −25%#877D40

Channel breakdown

R160
G142
B39
Red160 (62.7%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue39 (15.3%)
Hue51.07°
Saturation (HSL)60.8%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A0 · G 8E · B 27

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