Recognised as Colour
#A19D8E
- #A19D8E
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark grey
#A19D8E is a yellow with RGB values 161, 157, 142 and HSL 47°, 9%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.
Colour values
#A19D8E#A19D8E
HEX#A19D8E
RGBrgb(161, 157, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.6157, 0.5569
RGB percentages63.1%, 61.6%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(47.4, 9.2%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.4, 11.8%, 63.1%)
CMYK0%, 2.5%, 11.8%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,591,630
CSS custom property--colour: #A19D8E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.33644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.73:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#5E6271
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8E92A1
Analogous#A1948E, #9BA18E
Triadic#8EA19D, #9D8EA1
Split complementary#8E9BA1, #948EA1
Tetradic#8EA194, #8E92A1, #A18E9B
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R161
G157
B142
Red161 (63.1%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue47.37°
Saturation (HSL)9.18%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A1 · G 9D · B 8E
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