Recognised as Colour

#A48C41

#A48C41
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A48C41 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 140, 65 and HSL 45°, 43%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A48C41

RGBrgb(164, 140, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.549, 0.2549

RGB percentages64.3%, 54.9%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(45.5, 43.2%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.5, 60.4%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 14.6%, 60.4%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,783,809

CSS custom property--colour: #A48C41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.41:1

Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.41:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#5B73BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A8A39no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09144no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B0827Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17.1 Olive · ΔE 20.3 Peru · ΔE 22.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.5 Burlywood · ΔE 23.2 Tan · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4159A4

Analogous#A45A41, #8BA441

Triadic#41A48C, #8C41A4

Split complementary#418AA4, #5B41A4

Tetradic#41A45A, #4159A4, #A4418A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9E1C8

Lighter +30%#DBCDA3

Lighter +20%#CCB97F

Lighter +10%#BEA65A

Darker −10%#7F6D33

Darker −20%#5B4E24

Darker −30%#362E16

Darker −40%#120F07

More saturated +25%#C19B24

Less saturated −25%#877D5E

Channel breakdown

R164

G140

B65

Red164 (64.3%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue45.45°

Saturation (HSL)43.23%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 8C · B 41

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