Colour

#A8A080

#A8A080
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A8A080 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 160, 128 and HSL 48°, 19%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A8A080#A8A080

HEX#A8A080

RGBrgb(168, 160, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6275, 0.502

RGB percentages65.9%, 62.7%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(48, 18.7%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 23.8%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 23.8%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,051,136

CSS custom property--colour: #A8A080;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8:1

Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#575F7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79E7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9A181no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AF9B97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 13.6 Dark grey · ΔE 18.3 Burlywood · ΔE 19.1 Silver · ΔE 21.5 Gray · ΔE 21.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 13.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8088A8

Analogous#A88C80, #9CA880

Triadic#80A8A0, #A080A8

Split complementary#809CA8, #8C80A8

Tetradic#80A88C, #8088A8, #A8809C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FBFBF9

Lighter +30%#E6E4DB

Lighter +20%#D1CDBD

Lighter +10%#BDB79E

Darker −10%#918864

Darker −20%#736C4F

Darker −30%#55503A

Darker −40%#373325

More saturated +25%#C3B065

Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R168

G160

B128

Red168 (65.9%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)18.69%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G A0 · B 80

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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