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Recognised as Colour

#A6A87F

  • #A6A87F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tan

#A6A87F is a yellow with RGB values 166, 168, 127 and HSL 63°, 19%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A6A87F#A6A87F
HEX#A6A87F
RGBrgb(166, 168, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6588, 0.498
RGB percentages65.1%, 65.9%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(62.9, 19.1%, 57.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62.9, 24.4%, 65.9%)
CMYK1.2%, 0%, 24.4%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,922,111
CSS custom property--colour: #A6A87F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37645WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.53:1
Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#595780

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFA47Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFA681no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#ACA39Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 15Dark seagreen · ΔE 17Dark khaki · ΔE 19.2Burlywood · ΔE 19.6Dark grey · ΔE 22.4Wheat · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 14.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#817FA8
Analogous#A8957F, #92A87F
Triadic#7FA6A8, #A87FA6
Split complementary#7F92A8, #967FA8
Tetradic#7FA895, #817FA8, #A87F91

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFBF8
Lighter +30%#E5E6DA
Lighter +20%#D0D1BC
Lighter +10%#BBBD9D
Darker −10%#8F9163
Darker −20%#71734E
Darker −30%#535539
Darker −40%#353625
More saturated +25%#BEC364
Less saturated −25%#939393

Channel breakdown

R166
G168
B127
Red166 (65.1%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue62.93°
Saturation (HSL)19.07%
Lightness57.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G A8 · B 7F

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