Colour

#A58E00

#A58E00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A58E00 is a yellow with RGB values 165, 142, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#A58E00#A58E00

HEX#A58E00

RGBrgb(165, 142, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5569, 0

RGB percentages64.7%, 55.7%, 0%

HSLhsl(51.6, 100%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 100%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 13.9%, 100%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,849,792

CSS custom property--colour: #A58E00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27345WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.47:1

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

Contrast with black6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#5A71FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9E8A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A49214no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B38278no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.9 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 text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.3 Olive · ΔE 13.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 17.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.9 Peru · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 13.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0017A5

Analogous#A53B00, #6AA500

Triadic#00A58E, #8E00A5

Split complementary#006AA5, #3B00A5

Tetradic#00A53B, #0017A5, #A5006A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFEB72

Lighter +30%#FFE43F

Lighter +20%#FFDD0C

Lighter +10%#D8BA00

Darker −10%#726200

Darker −20%#3F3600

Darker −30%#0C0A00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A58E00

Less saturated −25%#907F15

Channel breakdown

R165

G142

Red165 (64.7%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue51.64°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 8E · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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