Recognised as Colour

#A18E16

#A18E16
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A18E16 is a yellow with RGB values 161, 142, 22 and HSL 52°, 76%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#A18E16

RGBrgb(161, 142, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.5569, 0.0863

RGB percentages63.1%, 55.7%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(51.8, 76%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 86.3%, 63.1%)

CMYK0%, 11.8%, 86.3%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,587,670

CSS custom property--colour: #A18E16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.4:1

Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#5E71E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D8A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A29121no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Tritanopia#AE8279no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.6 Peru · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1629A1

Analogous#A14816, #6FA116

Triadic#16A18E, #8E16A1

Split complementary#166EA1, #4916A1

Tetradic#16A149, #1629A1, #A1166E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0E393

Lighter +30%#EAD866

Lighter +20%#E4CD39

Lighter +10%#CEB61C

Darker −10%#746610

Darker −20%#473F0A

Darker −30%#1A1704

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B79E00

Less saturated −25%#8A7D2D

Channel breakdown

R161

G142

B22

Red161 (63.1%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue51.8°

Saturation (HSL)75.96%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A1 · G 8E · B 16

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