Colour

#A08E55

#A08E55
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A08E55 is a yellow with RGB values 160, 142, 85 and HSL 46°, 31%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A08E55

RGBrgb(160, 142, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.5569, 0.3333

RGB percentages62.7%, 55.7%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(45.6, 30.6%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.6, 46.9%, 62.7%)

CMYK0%, 11.2%, 46.9%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,522,197

CSS custom property--colour: #A08E55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.5:1

Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#5F71AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998C50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E9157no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AA8680no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17.2 Tan · ΔE 18.7 Burlywood · ΔE 19.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.7 Peru · ΔE 27.4 Olive · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5567A0

Analogous#A06955, #8CA055

Triadic#55A08E, #8E55A0

Split complementary#558CA0, #6955A0

Tetradic#55A069, #5567A0, #A0558C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE5D7

Lighter +30%#D8D0B6

Lighter +20%#C6BA95

Lighter +10%#B5A573

Darker −10%#7F7043

Darker −20%#5D5332

Darker −30%#3C3520

Darker −40%#1B180E

More saturated +25%#BF9E36

Less saturated −25%#817E74

Channel breakdown

R160

G142

B85

Red160 (62.7%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue45.6°

Saturation (HSL)30.61%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A0 · G 8E · B 55

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