Recognised as Colour

#A09157

#A09157
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A09157 is a yellow with RGB values 160, 145, 87 and HSL 48°, 30%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A09157#A09157

HEX#A09157

RGBrgb(160, 145, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.5686, 0.3412

RGB percentages62.7%, 56.9%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(47.7, 29.6%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.7, 45.6%, 62.7%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 45.6%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,522,967

CSS custom property--colour: #A09157;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.68:1

Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#5F6EA8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8E52no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09359no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#AA8983no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.9 Tan · ΔE 18.6 Burlywood · ΔE 19.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.3 Olive · ΔE 27.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5766A0

Analogous#A06D57, #8BA057

Triadic#57A091, #9157A0

Split complementary#578BA0, #6D57A0

Tetradic#57A06D, #5766A0, #A0578A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE7D9

Lighter +30%#D8D2B8

Lighter +20%#C6BD97

Lighter +10%#B4A776

Darker −10%#7F7345

Darker −20%#5E5533

Darker −30%#3D3721

Darker −40%#1C190F

More saturated +25%#BFA338

Less saturated −25%#817F76

Channel breakdown

R160

G145

B87

Red160 (62.7%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue47.67°

Saturation (HSL)29.55%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A0 · G 91 · B 57

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