Recognised as Colour

#A3A047

#A3A047
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A3A047 is a yellow with RGB values 163, 160, 71 and HSL 58°, 39%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A3A047

RGBrgb(163, 160, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.6275, 0.2784

RGB percentages63.9%, 62.7%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(58, 39.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58, 56.4%, 63.9%)

CMYK0%, 1.8%, 56.4%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,723,399

CSS custom property--colour: #A3A047;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33383WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.68:1

Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#5C5FB8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC9A3Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AE9E4Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AE978Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.3 Olive · ΔE 16.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 20.2 Khaki · ΔE 25.9 Burlywood · ΔE 27.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#474AA3

Analogous#A37247, #78A347

Triadic#47A3A0, #A047A3

Split complementary#4778A3, #7247A3

Tetradic#47A372, #474AA3, #A34778

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E8CD

Lighter +30%#DAD8A9

Lighter +20%#CAC886

Lighter +10%#BBB862

Darker −10%#7F7D38

Darker −20%#5C5A28

Darker −30%#383719

Darker −40%#151509

More saturated +25%#C0BB2A

Less saturated −25%#868564

Channel breakdown

R163

G160

B71

Red163 (63.9%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue58.04°

Saturation (HSL)39.32%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A3 · G A0 · B 47

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