Colour

#A68C2C

#A68C2C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A68C2C is a yellow with RGB values 166, 140, 44 and HSL 47°, 58%, 41%. 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#A68C2C

RGBrgb(166, 140, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.549, 0.1725

RGB percentages65.1%, 54.9%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(47.2, 58.1%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.2, 73.5%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 15.7%, 73.5%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,914,860

CSS custom property--colour: #A68C2C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27045WCAG 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 6.41:1

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

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

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#5973D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B8A1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A29131no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#B48179no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.4 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 14.9 Olive · ΔE 14.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.3 Peru · ΔE 22.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 14.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C46A6

Analogous#A64F2C, #83A62C

Triadic#2CA68C, #8C2CA6

Split complementary#2C83A6, #4F2CA6

Tetradic#2CA64F, #2C46A6, #A62C83

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBDFB3

Lighter +30%#E0CE8B

Lighter +20%#D6BD62

Lighter +10%#CBAC3A

Darker −10%#7E6A21

Darker −20%#554817

Darker −30%#2D260C

Darker −40%#050401

More saturated +25%#C09B12

Less saturated −25%#8C7D46

Channel breakdown

R166

G140

B44

Red166 (65.1%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue47.21°

Saturation (HSL)58.1%

Lightness41.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 8C · B 2C

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