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Recognised as Colour

#A89E6D

  • #A89E6D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tan

#A89E6D is a yellow with RGB values 168, 158, 109 and HSL 50°, 25%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A89E6D#A89E6D
HEX#A89E6D
RGBrgb(168, 158, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6196, 0.4275
RGB percentages65.9%, 62%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(49.8, 25.3%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 35.1%, 65.9%)
CMYK0%, 6%, 35.1%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,050,605
CSS custom property--colour: #A89E6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.78:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#576192

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A79B6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AA9F6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B19791no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 13.7Dark khaki · ΔE 15.8Burlywood · ΔE 16.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 23Wheat · ΔE 25.2Navajo white · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 13.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D77A8
Analogous#A8816D, #94A86D
Triadic#6DA89E, #9E6DA8
Split complementary#6D94A8, #816DA8
Tetradic#6DA881, #6D77A8, #A86D94

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F3ED
Lighter +30%#E1DECD
Lighter +20%#CEC8AD
Lighter +10%#BBB38D
Darker −10%#8E8454
Darker −20%#6E6641
Darker −30%#4E482E
Darker −40%#2E2B1B
More saturated +25%#C5B150
Less saturated −25%#8B8B8A

Channel breakdown

R168
G158
B109
Red168 (65.9%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue49.83°
Saturation (HSL)25.32%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A8 · G 9E · B 6D

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