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Recognised as Colour

#A8901A

  • #A8901A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A8901A is a yellow with RGB values 168, 144, 26 and HSL 50°, 73%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#A8901A#A8901A
HEX#A8901A
RGBrgb(168, 144, 26)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5647, 0.102
RGB percentages65.9%, 56.5%, 10.2%
HSLhsl(49.9, 73.2%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 84.5%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 14.3%, 84.5%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,046,938
CSS custom property--colour: #A8901A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.67:1
Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#576FE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A08D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A69424no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B6847Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.9Olive · ΔE 13.6Goldenrod · ΔE 18Dark khaki · ΔE 24.9Peru · ΔE 26.7Olivedrab · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 12.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1A32A8
Analogous#A8491A, #79A81A
Triadic#1AA890, #901AA8
Split complementary#1A79A8, #491AA8
Tetradic#1AA849, #1A32A8, #A81A79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0E29E
Lighter +30%#E9D572
Lighter +20%#E2C846
Lighter +10%#D4B621
Darker −10%#7C6A13
Darker −20%#50440C
Darker −30%#241E05
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C0A002
Less saturated −25%#908032

Channel breakdown

R168
G144
B26
Red168 (65.9%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue26 (10.2%)
Hue49.86°
Saturation (HSL)73.2%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 90 · B 1A

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