Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#A68E00

  • #A68E00
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A68E00 is a yellow with RGB values 166, 142, 0 and HSL 51°, 100%, 33%. 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

#A68E00#A68E00
HEX#A68E00
RGBrgb(166, 142, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5569, 0
RGB percentages65.1%, 55.7%, 0%
HSLhsl(51.3, 100%, 32.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 100%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 14.5%, 100%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,915,328
CSS custom property--colour: #A68E00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27453WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.49:1
Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.49:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#5971FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E8B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A49214no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#B48278no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.8Olive · ΔE 14.4Goldenrod · ΔE 16.9Dark khaki · ΔE 28.8Peru · ΔE 29.1Olivedrab · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 12.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0018A6
Analogous#A63B00, #6BA600
Triadic#00A68E, #8E00A6
Split complementary#006BA6, #3B00A6
Tetradic#00A63B, #0018A6, #A6006B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFEB73
Lighter +30%#FFE340
Lighter +20%#FFDC0D
Lighter +10%#D9BA00
Darker −10%#736200
Darker −20%#403700
Darker −30%#0D0B00
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A68E00
Less saturated −25%#917F15

Channel breakdown

R166
G142
B0
Red166 (65.1%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue51.33°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness32.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 8E · B 00

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “a68e00” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.