Colour

#A0A080

#A0A080
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A0A080 is a yellow with RGB values 160, 160, 128 and HSL 60°, 14%, 56%. 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

#A0A080#A0A080

HEX#A0A080

RGBrgb(160, 160, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.6275, 0.502

RGB percentages62.7%, 62.7%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(60, 14.4%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 20%, 62.7%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 20%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,526,848

CSS custom property--colour: #A0A080;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.83:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#5F5F7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A69D7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69F81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A59C97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 16.4 Dark grey · ΔE 18.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.6 Gray · ΔE 21.1 Silver · ΔE 21.7 Burlywood · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 16.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8080A0

Analogous#A09080, #90A080

Triadic#80A0A0, #A080A0

Split complementary#8090A0, #9080A0

Tetradic#80A090, #8080A0, #A08090

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F7F5

Lighter +30%#E1E1D8

Lighter +20%#CCCCBA

Lighter +10%#B6B69D

Darker −10%#888865

Darker −20%#6A6A50

Darker −30%#4D4D3A

Darker −40%#303024

More saturated +25%#BCBC64

Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R160

G160

B128

Red160 (62.7%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)14.41%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR A0 · G A0 · B 80

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