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Colour

#A8963B

  • #A8963B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A8963B is a yellow with RGB values 168, 150, 59 and HSL 50°, 48%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A8963B#A8963B
HEX#A8963B
RGBrgb(168, 150, 59)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5882, 0.2314
RGB percentages65.9%, 58.8%, 23.1%
HSLhsl(50.1, 48%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 64.9%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 10.7%, 64.9%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,048,507
CSS custom property--colour: #A8963B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30453WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.09:1
Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#5769C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A49230no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A99940no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B58B83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.4Dark khaki · ΔE 15.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20Olivedrab · ΔE 25Goldenrod · ΔE 25.2Peru · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3B4DA8
Analogous#A8603B, #83A83B
Triadic#3BA896, #963BA8
Split complementary#3B83A8, #603BA8
Tetradic#3BA860, #3B4DA8, #A83B83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE4C5
Lighter +30%#DDD39F
Lighter +20%#D0C279
Lighter +10%#C3B053
Darker −10%#82742E
Darker −20%#5D5320
Darker −30%#373113
Darker −40%#110F06
More saturated +25%#C4A91F
Less saturated −25%#8C8357

Channel breakdown

R168
G150
B59
Red168 (65.9%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue59 (23.1%)
Hue50.09°
Saturation (HSL)48.02%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 96 · B 3B

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