Recognised as Colour

#A38B0E

#A38B0E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A38B0E is a yellow with RGB values 163, 139, 14 and HSL 50°, 84%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#A38B0E

RGBrgb(163, 139, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.5451, 0.0549

RGB percentages63.9%, 54.5%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(50.3, 84.2%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 91.4%, 63.9%)

CMYK0%, 14.7%, 91.4%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,717,966

CSS custom property--colour: #A38B0E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26283WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.26:1

Contrast with white3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#5C74F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B8800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A18F1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B17F76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.5 Olive · ΔE 12.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.8 Peru · ΔE 27.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 12.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E26A3

Analogous#A3410E, #71A30E

Triadic#0EA38B, #8B0EA3

Split complementary#0E71A3, #410EA3

Tetradic#0EA340, #0E26A3, #A30E70

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5E388

Lighter +30%#F1D859

Lighter +20%#EDCD2A

Lighter +10%#D2B312

Darker −10%#74630A

Darker −20%#453B06

Darker −30%#161302

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B19400

Less saturated −25%#8D7C24

Channel breakdown

R163

G139

B14

Red163 (63.9%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue50.34°

Saturation (HSL)84.18%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A3 · G 8B · B 0E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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