Colour

#A48D03

#A48D03
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A48D03 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 141, 3 and HSL 51°, 96%, 33%. 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 goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#A48D03

RGBrgb(164, 141, 3)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5529, 0.0118

RGB percentages64.3%, 55.3%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(51.4, 96.4%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 98.2%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 14%, 98.2%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,784,003

CSS custom property--colour: #A48D03;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.39:1

Contrast with white3.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.39:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#5B72FC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D8900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A39116no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B28178no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.1 Olive · ΔE 13.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 17.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.5 Peru · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 13.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#031AA4

Analogous#A43D03, #6AA403

Triadic#03A48D, #8D03A4

Split complementary#036AA4, #3D03A4

Tetradic#03A43D, #031AA4, #A4036A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDE976

Lighter +30%#FCE144

Lighter +20%#FBD912

Lighter +10%#D6B804

Darker −10%#726202

Darker −20%#403701

Darker −30%#0E0C00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A78F00

Less saturated −25%#8F7E18

Channel breakdown

R164

G141

Red164 (64.3%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)96.41%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 8D · B 03

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Colour values

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