Colour

#A58D00

#A58D00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A58D00 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 141, 0 and HSL 51°, 100%, 32%. 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#A58D00

RGBrgb(165, 141, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5529, 0

RGB percentages64.7%, 55.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(51.3, 100%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 100%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 14.5%, 100%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,849,536

CSS custom property--colour: #A58D00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27049WCAG 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 6.41:1

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

Contrast with black6.41:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#5A72FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D8A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A39114no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B38177no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.5 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 text6.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.7 Olive · ΔE 14.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 17.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.7 Peru · ΔE 28.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 12.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0018A5

Analogous#A53A00, #6BA500

Triadic#00A58D, #8D00A5

Split complementary#006BA5, #3A00A5

Tetradic#00A53A, #0018A5, #A5006A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFEA72

Lighter +30%#FFE33F

Lighter +20%#FFDC0C

Lighter +10%#D8B900

Darker −10%#726100

Darker −20%#3F3600

Darker −30%#0C0A00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A58D00

Less saturated −25%#907E15

Channel breakdown

R165

G141

Red165 (64.7%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue51.27°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 8D · B 00

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Colour values

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