Recognised as Colour

#A38B17

#A38B17
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A38B17 is a yellow with RGB values 163, 139, 23 and HSL 50°, 75%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#A38B17

RGBrgb(163, 139, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.5451, 0.0902

RGB percentages63.9%, 54.5%, 9%

HSLhsl(49.7, 75.3%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 85.9%, 63.9%)

CMYK0%, 14.7%, 85.9%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,717,975

CSS custom property--colour: #A38B17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.26:1

Contrast with white3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#5C74E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B8800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A18F21no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B17F77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.3 Peru · ΔE 26.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#172FA3

Analogous#A34517, #75A317

Triadic#17A38B, #8B17A3

Split complementary#1775A3, #4517A3

Tetradic#17A345, #172FA3, #A31775

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0E196

Lighter +30%#EAD469

Lighter +20%#E4C73C

Lighter +10%#D0B11D

Darker −10%#766511

Darker −20%#4A3F0A

Darker −30%#1D1904

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BA9A00

Less saturated −25%#8C7C2E

Channel breakdown

R163

G139

B23

Red163 (63.9%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue49.71°

Saturation (HSL)75.27%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A3 · G 8B · B 17

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