Recognised as Colour

#A18A1E

#A18A1E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A18A1E is a yellow with RGB values 161, 138, 30 and HSL 49°, 69%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#A18A1E

RGBrgb(161, 138, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.5412, 0.1176

RGB percentages63.1%, 54.1%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(49.5, 68.6%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 81.4%, 63.1%)

CMYK0%, 14.3%, 81.4%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,586,654

CSS custom property--colour: #A18A1E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25848WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.17:1

Contrast with white3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.17:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#5E75E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F8E26no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#AE7F76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.7 Peru · ΔE 25.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E35A1

Analogous#A1491E, #76A11E

Triadic#1EA18A, #8A1EA1

Split complementary#1E76A1, #491EA1

Tetradic#1EA149, #1E35A1, #A11E76

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDDF9E

Lighter +30%#E5D173

Lighter +20%#DDC348

Lighter +10%#CCAF26

Darker −10%#766516

Darker −20%#4B400E

Darker −30%#201B06

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B99906

Less saturated −25%#897B36

Channel breakdown

R161

G138

B30

Red161 (63.1%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue49.47°

Saturation (HSL)68.59%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A1 · G 8A · B 1E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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