Recognised as Colour

#A38904

#A38904
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A38904 is a yellow with RGB values 163, 137, 4 and HSL 50°, 95%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#A38904#A38904

HEX#A38904

RGBrgb(163, 137, 4)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.5373, 0.0157

RGB percentages63.9%, 53.7%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(50.2, 95.2%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 97.5%, 63.9%)

CMYK0%, 16%, 97.5%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,717,444

CSS custom property--colour: #A38904;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.14:1

Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#858585

Inverted#5C76FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A08E15no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B17D74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 11.5 Olive · ΔE 13.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 17.9 Peru · ΔE 27 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 11.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#041EA3

Analogous#A33A04, #6DA304

Triadic#04A389, #8904A3

Split complementary#046DA3, #3A04A3

Tetradic#04A339, #041EA3, #A3046D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCE677

Lighter +30%#FADD46

Lighter +20%#F9D414

Lighter +10%#D5B305

Darker −10%#715F03

Darker −20%#3F3502

Darker −30%#0E0B00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A78C00

Less saturated −25%#8E7B19

Channel breakdown

R163

G137

Red163 (63.9%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue50.19°

Saturation (HSL)95.21%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A3 · G 89 · B 04

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