Colour

#A18C01

#A18C01
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A18C01 is a yellow with RGB values 161, 140, 1 and HSL 52°, 99%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A18C01#A18C01

HEX#A18C01

RGBrgb(161, 140, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.549, 0.0039

RGB percentages63.1%, 54.9%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(52.1, 98.8%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 99.4%, 63.1%)

CMYK0%, 13%, 99.4%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,587,137

CSS custom property--colour: #A18C01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26335WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.27:1

Contrast with white3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#5E73FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A18F15no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AF8077no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.1 Peru · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0116A1

Analogous#A13C01, #66A101

Triadic#01A18C, #8C01A1

Split complementary#0166A1, #3C01A1

Tetradic#01A13C, #0116A1, #A10166

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEEB70

Lighter +30%#FEE53D

Lighter +20%#FDDE0B

Lighter +10%#D4B801

Darker −10%#6E6001

Darker −20%#3C3400

Darker −30%#090800

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A28D00

Less saturated −25%#8D7D15

Channel breakdown

R161

G140

Red161 (63.1%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue52.13°

Saturation (HSL)98.77%

Lightness31.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A1 · G 8C · B 01

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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