Recognised as Colour

#A48A27

#A48A27
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A48A27 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 138, 39 and HSL 48°, 62%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#A48A27

RGBrgb(164, 138, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5412, 0.1529

RGB percentages64.3%, 54.1%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(47.5, 61.6%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.5, 76.2%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 15.9%, 76.2%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,783,271

CSS custom property--colour: #A48A27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.24:1

Contrast with white3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.24:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#5B75D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#998815no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A08F2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B27F77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.2 Olive · ΔE 14.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.2 Peru · ΔE 23 Olivedrab · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 14.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2741A4

Analogous#A44B27, #80A427

Triadic#27A48A, #8A27A4

Split complementary#2780A4, #4B27A4

Tetradic#27A44B, #2741A4, #A42780

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBDEAC

Lighter +30%#E1CE83

Lighter +20%#D8BD59

Lighter +10%#CDAD31

Darker −10%#7B671D

Darker −20%#524513

Darker −30%#28220A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BD990E

Less saturated −25%#8B7B40

Channel breakdown

R164

G138

B39

Red164 (64.3%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue47.52°

Saturation (HSL)61.58%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 8A · B 27

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