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Recognised as Colour

#A88F15

  • #A88F15
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A88F15 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 143, 21 and HSL 50°, 78%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#A88F15#A88F15
HEX#A88F15
RGBrgb(168, 143, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5608, 0.0824
RGB percentages65.9%, 56.1%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(49.8, 77.8%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 87.5%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 14.9%, 87.5%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,046,677
CSS custom property--colour: #A88F15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.6:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#5770EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F8C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A59420no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B6837Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.3Olive · ΔE 14Goldenrod · ΔE 17.4Dark khaki · ΔE 26Peru · ΔE 26.8Olivedrab · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 12.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#152EA8
Analogous#A84515, #77A815
Triadic#15A88F, #8F15A8
Split complementary#1577A8, #4615A8
Tetradic#15A846, #152EA8, #A81577

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2E397
Lighter +30%#ECD66A
Lighter +20%#E7CA3C
Lighter +10%#D5B61B
Darker −10%#7B680F
Darker −20%#4D420A
Darker −30%#201B04
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#BD9D00
Less saturated −25%#907F2D

Channel breakdown

R168
G143
B21
Red168 (65.9%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue49.8°
Saturation (HSL)77.78%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 8F · B 15

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