Colour

#A8973B

#A8973B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A8973B is a yellow with RGB values 168, 151, 59 and HSL 51°, 48%, 45%. 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

#A8973B#A8973B

HEX#A8973B

RGBrgb(168, 151, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5922, 0.2314

RGB percentages65.9%, 59.2%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(50.6, 48%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 64.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 64.9%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,048,763

CSS custom property--colour: #A8973B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30774WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.1 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#5768C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A59330no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA9940no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B58C84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.4 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 15.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.2 Peru · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B4CA8

Analogous#A8603B, #83A83B

Triadic#3BA897, #973BA8

Split complementary#3B83A8, #603BA8

Tetradic#3BA860, #3B4CA8, #A83B83

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAE5C5

Lighter +30%#DDD39F

Lighter +20%#D0C279

Lighter +10%#C3B153

Darker −10%#82752E

Darker −20%#5D5320

Darker −30%#373113

Darker −40%#110F06

More saturated +25%#C4AB1F

Less saturated −25%#8C8357

Channel breakdown

R168

G151

B59

Red168 (65.9%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue50.64°

Saturation (HSL)48.02%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G 97 · B 3B

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