Colour

#A8950D

#A8950D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A8950D is a yellow with RGB values 168, 149, 13 and HSL 53°, 86%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#A8950D

RGBrgb(168, 149, 13)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5843, 0.051

RGB percentages65.9%, 58.4%, 5.1%

HSLhsl(52.6, 85.6%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 92.3%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 92.3%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,048,205

CSS custom property--colour: #A8950D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.97:1

Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#576AF2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A59100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA981Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B6897Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 17.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.3 Peru · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D20A8

Analogous#A8470D, #6EA80D

Triadic#0DA895, #950DA8

Split complementary#0D6EA8, #470DA8

Tetradic#0DA847, #0D20A8, #A80D6E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6E98B

Lighter +30%#F2E05C

Lighter +20%#EFD72C

Lighter +10%#D7BF11

Darker −10%#796B09

Darker −20%#494106

Darker −30%#1A1702

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B59F00

Less saturated −25%#918424

Channel breakdown

R168

G149

B13

Red168 (65.9%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue13 (5.1%)

Hue52.65°

Saturation (HSL)85.64%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G 95 · B 0D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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