Colour

#A18B2C

#A18B2C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A18B2C is a yellow with RGB values 161, 139, 44 and HSL 49°, 57%, 40%. 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

#A18B2C#A18B2C

HEX#A18B2C

RGBrgb(161, 139, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.5451, 0.1725

RGB percentages63.1%, 54.5%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(48.7, 57.1%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.7, 72.7%, 63.1%)

CMYK0%, 13.7%, 72.7%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,586,924

CSS custom property--colour: #A18B2C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.24:1

Contrast with white3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.24:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#5E74D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A881Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F8F31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#AE8078no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.1 Peru · ΔE 24.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C42A1

Analogous#A1512C, #7CA12C

Triadic#2CA18B, #8B2CA1

Split complementary#2C7CA1, #502CA1

Tetradic#2CA151, #2C42A1, #A12C7D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9DEB0

Lighter +30%#DECE88

Lighter +20%#D3BE60

Lighter +10%#C8AD38

Darker −10%#796821

Darker −20%#514616

Darker −30%#29230B

Darker −40%#010100

More saturated +25%#BB9B12

Less saturated −25%#877B46

Channel breakdown

R161

G139

B44

Red161 (63.1%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue48.72°

Saturation (HSL)57.07%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A1 · G 8B · B 2C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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