Recognised as Colour

#A18C06

#A18C06
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A18C06 is a yellow with RGB values 161, 140, 6 and HSL 52°, 93%, 33%. 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

#A18C06#A18C06

HEX#A18C06

RGBrgb(161, 140, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.549, 0.0235

RGB percentages63.1%, 54.9%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(51.9, 92.8%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 96.3%, 63.1%)

CMYK0%, 13%, 96.3%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,587,142

CSS custom property--colour: #A18C06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26346WCAG 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#878787

Inverted#5E73F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B8800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A18F17no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#AF8077no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54 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 12.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14 Goldenrod · ΔE 19 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.5 Peru · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#061BA1

Analogous#A13E06, #68A106

Triadic#06A18C, #8C06A1

Split complementary#0668A1, #3E06A1

Tetradic#06A13F, #061BA1, #A10669

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAE979

Lighter +30%#F8E048

Lighter +20%#F6D817

Lighter +10%#D2B708

Darker −10%#706104

Darker −20%#3F3602

Darker −30%#0D0C01

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A79000

Less saturated −25%#8C7D1B

Channel breakdown

R161

G140

Red161 (63.1%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue51.87°

Saturation (HSL)92.81%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A1 · G 8C · B 06

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