Colour

#A48F09

#A48F09
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A48F09 is a yellow with RGB values 164, 143, 9 and HSL 52°, 90%, 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#A48F09

RGBrgb(164, 143, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5608, 0.0353

RGB percentages64.3%, 56.1%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(51.9, 89.6%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 94.5%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 12.8%, 94.5%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,784,521

CSS custom property--colour: #A48F09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.51:1

Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#5B70F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4921Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B28379no 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 text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.5 Peru · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#091EA4

Analogous#A44209, #6CA409

Triadic#09A48F, #8F09A4

Split complementary#096BA4, #4109A4

Tetradic#09A442, #091EA4, #A4096C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8E881

Lighter +30%#F5DF51

Lighter +20%#F3D620

Lighter +10%#D4B90C

Darker −10%#746506

Darker −20%#433B04

Darker −30%#131101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AD9600

Less saturated −25%#8E7F1F

Channel breakdown

R164

G143

Red164 (64.3%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue51.87°

Saturation (HSL)89.6%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 8F · B 09

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