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Recognised as Colour

#A87F01

  • #A87F01
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A87F01 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 127, 1 and HSL 45°, 99%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#A87F01#A87F01
HEX#A87F01
RGBrgb(168, 127, 1)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.498, 0.0039
RGB percentages65.9%, 49.8%, 0.4%
HSLhsl(45.3, 98.8%, 33.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.3, 99.4%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 24.4%, 99.4%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,042,561
CSS custom property--colour: #A87F01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.7:1
Contrast with white3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#5780FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#917F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9B8A0Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B7726Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 5.4Goldenrod · ΔE 17.2Olive · ΔE 20.1Peru · ΔE 20.9Sandy brown · ΔE 28.6Chocolate · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 5.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#012AA8
Analogous#A82B01, #7DA801
Triadic#01A87F, #7F01A8
Split complementary#017DA8, #2B01A8
Tetradic#01A82B, #012AA8, #A8017D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEDD77
Lighter +30%#FED044
Lighter +20%#FEC411
Lighter +10%#DBA501
Darker −10%#755901
Darker −20%#433200
Darker −30%#100C00
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A98000
Less saturated −25%#937416

Channel breakdown

R168
G127
B1
Red168 (65.9%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue1 (0.4%)
Hue45.27°
Saturation (HSL)98.82%
Lightness33.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 7F · B 01

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