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Recognised as Colour

#A3A228

  • #A3A228
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A3A228 is a yellow with RGB values 163, 162, 40 and HSL 60°, 61%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A3A228#A3A228
HEX#A3A228
RGBrgb(163, 162, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.6353, 0.1569
RGB percentages63.9%, 63.5%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(59.5, 60.6%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.5, 75.5%, 63.9%)
CMYK0%, 0.6%, 75.5%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,723,880
CSS custom property--colour: #A3A228;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3378WCAG 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 7.76:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#5C5DD7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B09B0Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Deuteranopia#B19F32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AF978Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.2Olivedrab · ΔE 19.9Dark khaki · ΔE 22.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.7Goldenrod · ΔE 25.2Yellow green · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2829A3
Analogous#A36428, #67A328
Triadic#28A3A2, #A228A3
Split complementary#2867A3, #6428A3
Tetradic#28A364, #2829A3, #A32867

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBEAAC
Lighter +30%#E1E083
Lighter +20%#D7D65A
Lighter +10%#CCCB32
Darker −10%#7A791E
Darker −20%#515114
Darker −30%#28280A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#BCBB0F
Less saturated −25%#8A8941

Channel breakdown

R163
G162
B40
Red163 (63.9%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue59.51°
Saturation (HSL)60.59%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A3 · G A2 · B 28

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