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Recognised as Colour

#A48E31

  • #A48E31
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A48E31 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 142, 49 and HSL 49°, 54%, 42%. 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

#A48E31#A48E31
HEX#A48E31
RGBrgb(164, 142, 49)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5569, 0.1922
RGB percentages64.3%, 55.7%, 19.2%
HSLhsl(48.5, 54%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 70.1%, 64.3%)
CMYK0%, 13.4%, 70.1%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,784,305
CSS custom property--colour: #A48E31;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.49:1
Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.49:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#5B71CE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D8B24no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A29236no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B1837Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.3Dark khaki · ΔE 19Peru · ΔE 24Goldenrod · ΔE 24.2Olivedrab · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3147A4
Analogous#A45431, #81A431
Triadic#31A48E, #8E31A4
Split complementary#3181A4, #5431A4
Tetradic#31A454, #3147A4, #A43181

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE0B7
Lighter +30%#DECF90
Lighter +20%#D2BE69
Lighter +10%#C6AD42
Darker −10%#7D6C25
Darker −20%#554A1A
Darker −30%#2E280E
Darker −40%#070602
More saturated +25%#BF9E16
Less saturated −25%#897E4C

Channel breakdown

R164
G142
B49
Red164 (64.3%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue49 (19.2%)
Hue48.52°
Saturation (HSL)53.99%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A4 · G 8E · B 31

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