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Colour

#A8972A

  • #A8972A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A8972A is a yellow with RGB values 168, 151, 42 and HSL 52°, 60%, 41%. 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

#A8972A#A8972A
HEX#A8972A
RGBrgb(168, 151, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5922, 0.1647
RGB percentages65.9%, 59.2%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(51.9, 60%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 75%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 10.1%, 75%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,048,746
CSS custom property--colour: #A8972A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30625WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.13:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#5768D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A69316no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AB9931no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#B58C82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.3Dark khaki · ΔE 20.4Goldenrod · ΔE 21Olivedrab · ΔE 24.5Peru · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2A3BA8
Analogous#A8582A, #7AA82A
Triadic#2AA897, #972AA8
Split complementary#2A7AA8, #582AA8
Tetradic#2AA858, #2A3BA8, #A82A7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE4B2
Lighter +30%#E2D689
Lighter +20%#D7C761
Lighter +10%#CDB938
Darker −10%#7F7220
Darker −20%#564E16
Darker −30%#2E290B
Darker −40%#050401
More saturated +25%#C2AA10
Less saturated −25%#8E8444

Channel breakdown

R168
G151
B42
Red168 (65.9%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue51.9°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 97 · B 2A

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