Recognised as Colour

#A18E1E

#A18E1E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A18E1E is a yellow with RGB values 161, 142, 30 and HSL 51°, 69%, 37%. 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#A18E1E

RGBrgb(161, 142, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.5569, 0.1176

RGB percentages63.1%, 55.7%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(51.3, 68.6%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 81.4%, 63.1%)

CMYK0%, 11.8%, 81.4%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,587,678

CSS custom property--colour: #A18E1E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.3 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#8A8A8A

Inverted#5E71E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D8A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A29127no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#AE8379no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.2 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 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.1 Peru · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E31A1

Analogous#A14C1E, #73A11E

Triadic#1EA18E, #8E1EA1

Split complementary#1E72A1, #4C1EA1

Tetradic#1EA14D, #1E31A1, #A11E73

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDE19E

Lighter +30%#E5D473

Lighter +20%#DDC748

Lighter +10%#CCB426

Darker −10%#766816

Darker −20%#4B420E

Darker −30%#201C06

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B99F06

Less saturated −25%#897D36

Channel breakdown

R161

G142

B30

Red161 (63.1%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue51.3°

Saturation (HSL)68.59%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A1 · G 8E · B 1E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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