Recognised as Colour

#A89935

#A89935
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#A89935 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 153, 53 and HSL 52°, 52%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A89935#A89935

HEX#A89935

RGBrgb(168, 153, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6, 0.2078

RGB percentages65.9%, 60%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(52.2, 52%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 68.5%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 68.5%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,049,269

CSS custom property--colour: #A89935;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31364WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.27:1

Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#5766CA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79527no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9B3Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B58E85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 17 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.5 Peru · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3544A8

Analogous#A85F35, #7EA835

Triadic#35A899, #9935A8

Split complementary#357EA8, #5F35A8

Tetradic#35A85F, #3544A8, #A8357E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBE5BE

Lighter +30%#DED598

Lighter +20%#D2C571

Lighter +10%#C6B64A

Darker −10%#817629

Darker −20%#5A521D

Darker −30%#342F10

Darker −40%#0D0C04

More saturated +25%#C4AD19

Less saturated −25%#8C8551

Channel breakdown

R168

G153

B53

Red168 (65.9%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue52.17°

Saturation (HSL)52.04%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G 99 · B 35

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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