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Colour

#A8973A

  • #A8973A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A8973A is a yellow with RGB values 168, 151, 58 and HSL 51°, 49%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A8973A#A8973A
HEX#A8973A
RGBrgb(168, 151, 58)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5922, 0.2275
RGB percentages65.9%, 59.2%, 22.7%
HSLhsl(50.7, 48.7%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 65.5%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 10.1%, 65.5%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,048,762
CSS custom property--colour: #A8973A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.15:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#5768C5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5932Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AA993Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B58C83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.3 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 text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.9Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20Olivedrab · ΔE 24.5Goldenrod · ΔE 24.9Peru · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A4BA8
Analogous#A8603A, #82A83A
Triadic#3AA897, #973AA8
Split complementary#3A82A8, #603AA8
Tetradic#3AA860, #3A4BA8, #A83A82

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE4C4
Lighter +30%#DDD49E
Lighter +20%#D0C378
Lighter +10%#C3B252
Darker −10%#82752D
Darker −20%#5C5320
Darker −30%#363113
Darker −40%#100F06
More saturated +25%#C4AB1E
Less saturated −25%#8C8356

Channel breakdown

R168
G151
B58
Red168 (65.9%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue58 (22.7%)
Hue50.73°
Saturation (HSL)48.67%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 97 · B 3A

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