Colour

#A18F27

#A18F27
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A18F27 is a yellow with RGB values 161, 143, 39 and HSL 51°, 61%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#A18F27

RGBrgb(161, 143, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.5608, 0.1529

RGB percentages63.1%, 56.1%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(51.1, 61%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 75.8%, 63.1%)

CMYK0%, 11.2%, 75.8%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,587,943

CSS custom property--colour: #A18F27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.47:1

Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#5E70D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D8B13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2922Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#AE847Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.3 Peru · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2739A1

Analogous#A15227, #76A127

Triadic#27A18F, #8F27A1

Split complementary#2776A1, #5227A1

Tetradic#27A152, #2739A1, #A12776

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE1AA

Lighter +30%#E0D281

Lighter +20%#D6C458

Lighter +10%#CAB331

Darker −10%#786B1D

Darker −20%#4F4613

Darker −30%#262209

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BAA10E

Less saturated −25%#887D40

Channel breakdown

R161

G143

B39

Red161 (63.1%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue51.15°

Saturation (HSL)61%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A1 · G 8F · B 27

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