Recognised as Colour

#A89200

#A89200
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A89200 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 146, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#A89200

RGBrgb(168, 146, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5725, 0

RGB percentages65.9%, 57.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.1, 100%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 100%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 13.1%, 100%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,047,424

CSS custom property--colour: #A89200;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.78:1

Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#576DFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A28E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A89615no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B6867Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.2 Olive · ΔE 14.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 29 Peru · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 14.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0016A8

Analogous#A83E00, #6AA800

Triadic#00A892, #9200A8

Split complementary#006AA8, #3E00A8

Tetradic#00A83E, #0016A8, #A8006A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFED75

Lighter +30%#FFE642

Lighter +20%#FFE00F

Lighter +10%#DBBE00

Darker −10%#756600

Darker −20%#423900

Darker −30%#0F0D00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A89200

Less saturated −25%#938215

Channel breakdown

R168

G146

Red168 (65.9%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.14°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G 92 · B 00

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