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Recognised as Colour

#A89B66

  • #A89B66
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tan

#A89B66 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 155, 102 and HSL 48°, 27%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A89B66#A89B66
HEX#A89B66
RGBrgb(168, 155, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6078, 0.4
RGB percentages65.9%, 60.8%, 40%
HSLhsl(48.2, 27.5%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 39.3%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 7.7%, 39.3%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,049,830
CSS custom property--colour: #A89B66;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32727WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.55:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#576499

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A59862no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A99D68no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B2948Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 14.6Dark khaki · ΔE 14.7Burlywood · ΔE 16.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 25Wheat · ΔE 26.4Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 14.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6673A8
Analogous#A87A66, #94A866
Triadic#66A89B, #9B66A8
Split complementary#6694A8, #7A66A8
Tetradic#66A87A, #6673A8, #A86694

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F0E8
Lighter +30%#DFDBC8
Lighter +20%#CDC5A7
Lighter +10%#BAB087
Darker −10%#8C804F
Darker −20%#6B623D
Darker −30%#4B442A
Darker −40%#2A2718
More saturated +25%#C6AD48
Less saturated −25%#8A8984

Channel breakdown

R168
G155
B102
Red168 (65.9%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue48.18°
Saturation (HSL)27.5%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 9B · B 66

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