Recognised as Colour

#A48E0A

#A48E0A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A48E0A is a yellow with RGB values 164, 142, 10 and HSL 51°, 89%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#A48E0A

RGBrgb(164, 142, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5569, 0.0392

RGB percentages64.3%, 55.7%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(51.4, 88.5%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 93.9%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 13.4%, 93.9%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,784,266

CSS custom property--colour: #A48E0A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2726WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.45:1

Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.45:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#5B71F5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9E8A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A3921Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B28279no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.8 Peru · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A20A4

Analogous#A4410A, #6DA40A

Triadic#0AA48E, #8E0AA4

Split complementary#0A6DA4, #410AA4

Tetradic#0AA441, #0A20A4, #A40A6D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7E783

Lighter +30%#F4DD53

Lighter +20%#F2D422

Lighter +10%#D4B80D

Darker −10%#746407

Darker −20%#443B04

Darker −30%#141101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AE9500

Less saturated −25%#8E7E20

Channel breakdown

R164

G142

B10

Red164 (64.3%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)88.51%

Lightness34.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 8E · B 0A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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