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Recognised as Colour

#A89B62

  • #A89B62
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A89B62 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 155, 98 and HSL 49°, 29%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A89B62#A89B62
HEX#A89B62
RGBrgb(168, 155, 98)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6078, 0.3843
RGB percentages65.9%, 60.8%, 38.4%
HSLhsl(48.9, 28.7%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 41.7%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 7.7%, 41.7%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,049,826
CSS custom property--colour: #A89B62;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.53:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#57649D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6985Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A99D64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B2938Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.3Tan · ΔE 15.8Burlywood · ΔE 17Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.7Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.5Wheat · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#626FA8
Analogous#A87862, #92A862
Triadic#62A89B, #9B62A8
Split complementary#6292A8, #7862A8
Tetradic#62A878, #626FA8, #A86292

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EFE5
Lighter +30%#DFDAC4
Lighter +20%#CCC5A4
Lighter +10%#BAB083
Darker −10%#8A7F4D
Darker −20%#6A613A
Darker −30%#494328
Darker −40%#282516
More saturated +25%#C7AE44
Less saturated −25%#8A8881

Channel breakdown

R168
G155
B98
Red168 (65.9%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue98 (38.4%)
Hue48.86°
Saturation (HSL)28.69%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 9B · B 62

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