Recognised as Colour

#A48D1B

#A48D1B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A48D1B is a yellow with RGB values 164, 141, 27 and HSL 50°, 72%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A48D1B#A48D1B

HEX#A48D1B

RGBrgb(164, 141, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5529, 0.1059

RGB percentages64.3%, 55.3%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(49.9, 71.7%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 83.5%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 14%, 83.5%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,784,027

CSS custom property--colour: #A48D1B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.4:1

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

Contrast with black6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#5B72E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C8A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A29124no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B28178no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50 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 text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.4 Peru · ΔE 26.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B32A4

Analogous#A4491B, #77A41B

Triadic#1BA48D, #8D1BA4

Split complementary#1B77A4, #491BA4

Tetradic#1BA448, #1B32A4, #A41B76

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFE19C

Lighter +30%#E8D470

Lighter +20%#E0C645

Lighter +10%#D0B322

Darker −10%#786714

Darker −20%#4C420D

Darker −30%#211C05

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BC9D03

Less saturated −25%#8C7D33

Channel breakdown

R164

G141

B27

Red164 (64.3%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue49.93°

Saturation (HSL)71.73%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 8D · B 1B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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