Colour

#A0A070

#A0A070
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A0A070 is a yellow with RGB values 160, 160, 112 and HSL 60°, 20%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A0A070#A0A070

HEX#A0A070

RGBrgb(160, 160, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.6275, 0.4392

RGB percentages62.7%, 62.7%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(60, 20.2%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 30%, 62.7%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 30%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,526,832

CSS custom property--colour: #A0A070;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33785WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.76:1

Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#5F5F8F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89C6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A99E72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#A79A93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 16.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.9 Burlywood · ΔE 19.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.7 Wheat · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 16.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7070A0

Analogous#A08870, #88A070

Triadic#70A0A0, #A070A0

Split complementary#7088A0, #8870A0

Tetradic#70A088, #7070A0, #A07088

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1F1EB

Lighter +30%#DDDDCC

Lighter +20%#C9C9AD

Lighter +10%#B4B48F

Darker −10%#858558

Darker −20%#666644

Darker −30%#484830

Darker −40%#29291B

More saturated +25%#BEBE52

Less saturated −25%#888888

Channel breakdown

R160

G160

B112

Red160 (62.7%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)20.17%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR A0 · G A0 · B 70

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