Recognised as Colour

#A09C6B

#A09C6B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A09C6B is a yellow with RGB values 160, 156, 107 and HSL 55°, 22%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A09C6B#A09C6B

HEX#A09C6B

RGBrgb(160, 156, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.6118, 0.4196

RGB percentages62.7%, 61.2%, 42%

HSLhsl(55.5, 21.8%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.5, 33.1%, 62.7%)

CMYK0%, 2.5%, 33.1%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,525,803

CSS custom property--colour: #A09C6B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.46:1

Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#5F6394

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A49868no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69B6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A8968Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 16.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.5 Burlywood · ΔE 19.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.1 Wheat · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 16.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6B6FA0

Analogous#A0826B, #89A06B

Triadic#6BA09C, #9C6BA0

Split complementary#6B89A0, #826BA0

Tetradic#6BA082, #6B6FA0, #A06B89

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0EFE7

Lighter +30%#DCDAC8

Lighter +20%#C8C6A9

Lighter +10%#B4B18A

Darker −10%#848054

Darker −20%#646241

Darker −30%#45442D

Darker −40%#262519

More saturated +25%#BEB64D

Less saturated −25%#868686

Channel breakdown

R160

G156

B107

Red160 (62.7%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue55.47°

Saturation (HSL)21.81%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A0 · G 9C · B 6B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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