Colour

#A38F00

#A38F00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A38F00 is a yellow with RGB values 163, 143, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 32%. 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

#A38F00#A38F00

HEX#A38F00

RGBrgb(163, 143, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.5608, 0

RGB percentages63.9%, 56.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.6, 100%, 32%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 100%, 63.9%)

CMYK0%, 12.3%, 100%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,718,976

CSS custom property--colour: #A38F00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27431WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.49:1

Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.49:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#5C70FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A49215no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B18379no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.3 Peru · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0014A3

Analogous#A33E00, #65A300

Triadic#00A38F, #8F00A3

Split complementary#0065A3, #3D00A3

Tetradic#00A33E, #0014A3, #A30066

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFED70

Lighter +30%#FFE73D

Lighter +20%#FFE10A

Lighter +10%#D6BC00

Darker −10%#706200

Darker −20%#3D3600

Darker −30%#0A0900

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A38F00

Less saturated −25%#8F8014

Channel breakdown

R163

G143

Red163 (63.9%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.64°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A3 · G 8F · B 00

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Colour values

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