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Recognised as Colour

#A89940

  • #A89940
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A89940 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 153, 64 and HSL 51°, 45%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A89940#A89940
HEX#A89940
RGBrgb(168, 153, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6, 0.251
RGB percentages65.9%, 60%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(51.3, 44.8%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 61.9%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 8.9%, 61.9%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,049,280
CSS custom property--colour: #A89940;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31477WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.3:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#5766BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A79536no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AB9B45no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B48F86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.7Olive · ΔE 16.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22Olivedrab · ΔE 24.2Burlywood · ΔE 25.8Goldenrod · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#404FA8
Analogous#A86540, #83A840
Triadic#40A899, #9940A8
Split complementary#4083A8, #6540A8
Tetradic#40A865, #404FA8, #A84083

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE6C9
Lighter +30%#DDD4A4
Lighter +20%#CEC380
Lighter +10%#C0B25B
Darker −10%#837732
Darker −20%#5E5624
Darker −30%#393416
Darker −40%#141208
More saturated +25%#C5AE23
Less saturated −25%#8B845D

Channel breakdown

R168
G153
B64
Red168 (65.9%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue51.35°
Saturation (HSL)44.83%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 99 · B 40

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