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Colour

#A8972F

  • #A8972F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A8972F is a yellow with RGB values 168, 151, 47 and HSL 52°, 56%, 42%. 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

#A8972F#A8972F
HEX#A8972F
RGBrgb(168, 151, 47)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5922, 0.1843
RGB percentages65.9%, 59.2%, 18.4%
HSLhsl(51.6, 56.3%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 72%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 10.1%, 72%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,048,751
CSS custom property--colour: #A8972F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30663WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.13:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#5768D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6931Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AA9935no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B58C82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.9Dark khaki · ΔE 18.9Goldenrod · ΔE 22Olivedrab · ΔE 24.3Peru · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2F40A8
Analogous#A85A2F, #7DA82F
Triadic#2FA897, #972FA8
Split complementary#2F7DA8, #5A2FA8
Tetradic#2FA85A, #2F40A8, #A82F7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE4B8
Lighter +30%#E0D590
Lighter +20%#D5C668
Lighter +10%#CAB640
Darker −10%#807324
Darker −20%#584F19
Darker −30%#302C0E
Darker −40%#090802
More saturated +25%#C3AA14
Less saturated −25%#8D844A

Channel breakdown

R168
G151
B47
Red168 (65.9%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue47 (18.4%)
Hue51.57°
Saturation (HSL)56.28%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 97 · B 2F

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