Colour

#A09356

#A09356
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A09356 is a yellow with RGB values 160, 147, 86 and HSL 49°, 30%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A09356

RGBrgb(160, 147, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.5765, 0.3373

RGB percentages62.7%, 57.6%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(49.5, 30.1%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 46.3%, 62.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 46.3%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,523,478

CSS custom property--colour: #A09356;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.8:1

Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.8:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#5F6CA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9E9051no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A29558no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#AA8B84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.5 Tan · ΔE 19.3 Burlywood · ΔE 20 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24 Olive · ΔE 26.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5663A0

Analogous#A06E56, #88A056

Triadic#56A093, #9356A0

Split complementary#5688A0, #6E56A0

Tetradic#56A06E, #5663A0, #A05688

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE7D8

Lighter +30%#D8D2B7

Lighter +20%#C6BE96

Lighter +10%#B5A974

Darker −10%#7F7544

Darker −20%#5E5632

Darker −30%#3C3821

Darker −40%#1B190F

More saturated +25%#BFA737

Less saturated −25%#817F75

Channel breakdown

R160

G147

B86

Red160 (62.7%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue49.46°

Saturation (HSL)30.08%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A0 · G 93 · B 56

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