Colour

#A29008

#A29008
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A29008 is a yellow with RGB values 162, 144, 8 and HSL 53°, 91%, 33%. 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#A29008

RGBrgb(162, 144, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.5647, 0.0314

RGB percentages63.5%, 56.5%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(53, 90.6%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53, 95.1%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.1%, 95.1%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,653,704

CSS custom property--colour: #A29008;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27645WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.53:1

Contrast with white3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.53:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#5D6FF7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4921Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B0847Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.7 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 text6.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.1 Peru · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#081AA2

Analogous#A24308, #67A208

Triadic#08A290, #9008A2

Split complementary#0867A2, #4308A2

Tetradic#08A243, #081AA2, #A20867

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9EA7D

Lighter +30%#F6E24D

Lighter +20%#F4DB1C

Lighter +10%#D3BB0A

Darker −10%#716506

Darker −20%#413A03

Darker −30%#100E01

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AA9600

Less saturated −25%#8D801D

Channel breakdown

R162

G144

Red162 (63.5%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue52.99°

Saturation (HSL)90.59%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 90 · B 08

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