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Recognised as Colour

#A89C36

  • #A89C36
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#A89C36 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 156, 54 and HSL 54°, 51%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#A89C36#A89C36
HEX#A89C36
RGBrgb(168, 156, 54)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6118, 0.2118
RGB percentages65.9%, 61.2%, 21.2%
HSLhsl(53.7, 51.4%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.7, 67.9%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 7.1%, 67.9%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,050,038
CSS custom property--colour: #A89C36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.47:1
Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#5763C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AA9728no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AE9D3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#B59187no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.4Dark khaki · ΔE 16.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.8Olivedrab · ΔE 22.5Goldenrod · ΔE 24Khaki · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3642A8
Analogous#A86336, #7BA836
Triadic#36A89C, #9C36A8
Split complementary#367BA8, #6336A8
Tetradic#36A863, #3642A8, #A8367B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE6BF
Lighter +30%#DED799
Lighter +20%#D2C872
Lighter +10%#C5B94C
Darker −10%#81782A
Darker −20%#5B541D
Darker −30%#343011
Darker −40%#0E0D04
More saturated +25%#C4B21A
Less saturated −25%#8C8652

Channel breakdown

R168
G156
B54
Red168 (65.9%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue54 (21.2%)
Hue53.68°
Saturation (HSL)51.35%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 9C · B 36

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