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Recognised as Colour

#A8941D

  • #A8941D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A8941D is a yellow with RGB values 168, 148, 29 and HSL 51°, 71%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A8941D#A8941D
HEX#A8941D
RGBrgb(168, 148, 29)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5804, 0.1137
RGB percentages65.9%, 58%, 11.4%
HSLhsl(51.4, 70.6%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 82.7%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 11.9%, 82.7%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,047,965
CSS custom property--colour: #A8941D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.92:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#576BE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A49000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A99727no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B6887Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15Goldenrod · ΔE 18.7Dark khaki · ΔE 23.9Olivedrab · ΔE 26.4Peru · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1D31A8
Analogous#A84F1D, #76A81D
Triadic#1DA894, #941DA8
Split complementary#1D77A8, #4E1DA8
Tetradic#1DA84F, #1D31A8, #A81D77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE4A2
Lighter +30%#E7D777
Lighter +20%#E0CB4B
Lighter +10%#D3BA25
Darker −10%#7D6E15
Darker −20%#51470E
Darker −30%#262106
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C1A604
Less saturated −25%#8F8236

Channel breakdown

R168
G148
B29
Red168 (65.9%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue29 (11.4%)
Hue51.37°
Saturation (HSL)70.56%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 94 · B 1D

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