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Recognised as Colour

#A38E41

  • #A38E41
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A38E41 is a yellow with RGB values 163, 142, 65 and HSL 47°, 43%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A38E41#A38E41
HEX#A38E41
RGBrgb(163, 142, 65)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.5569, 0.2549
RGB percentages63.9%, 55.7%, 25.5%
HSLhsl(47.1, 43%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 60.1%, 63.9%)
CMYK0%, 12.9%, 60.1%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,718,785
CSS custom property--colour: #A38E41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27514WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.5:1
Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#5C71BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B8B39no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A19244no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#AF847Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.1Olive · ΔE 19.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.8Burlywood · ΔE 23.6Peru · ΔE 23.8Tan · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4156A3
Analogous#A35D41, #87A341
Triadic#41A38E, #8E41A3
Split complementary#4187A3, #5D41A3
Tetradic#41A35D, #4156A3, #A34187

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E2C7
Lighter +30%#DACEA3
Lighter +20%#CCBB7E
Lighter +10%#BDA85A
Darker −10%#7F6E32
Darker −20%#5A4E24
Darker −30%#362F15
Darker −40%#110F07
More saturated +25%#C09E25
Less saturated −25%#867E5E

Channel breakdown

R163
G142
B65
Red163 (63.9%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue65 (25.5%)
Hue47.14°
Saturation (HSL)42.98%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A3 · G 8E · B 41

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