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Recognised as Colour

#A28F38

  • #A28F38
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A28F38 is a yellow with RGB values 162, 143, 56 and HSL 49°, 49%, 43%. 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

#A28F38#A28F38
HEX#A28F38
RGBrgb(162, 143, 56)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.5608, 0.2196
RGB percentages63.5%, 56.1%, 22%
HSLhsl(49.2, 48.6%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 65.4%, 63.5%)
CMYK0%, 11.7%, 65.4%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,653,496
CSS custom property--colour: #A28F38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27612WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.52:1
Contrast with white3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#5D70C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D8C2Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2923Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AE857Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.4Dark khaki · ΔE 16.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.2Peru · ΔE 24.9Olivedrab · ΔE 25.4Burlywood · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#384BA2
Analogous#A25A38, #80A238
Triadic#38A28F, #8F38A2
Split complementary#3880A2, #5A38A2
Tetradic#38A25A, #384BA2, #A23880

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8E1BE
Lighter +30%#DBCF98
Lighter +20%#CEBE72
Lighter +10%#C1AC4C
Darker −10%#7C6E2B
Darker −20%#564C1E
Darker −30%#302B11
Darker −40%#0A0904
More saturated +25%#BDA01D
Less saturated −25%#877E53

Channel breakdown

R162
G143
B56
Red162 (63.5%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue49.25°
Saturation (HSL)48.62%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A2 · G 8F · B 38

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