Recognised as Colour

#A8A263

#A8A263
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A8A263 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 162, 99 and HSL 55°, 28%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A8A263#A8A263

HEX#A8A263

RGBrgb(168, 162, 99)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6353, 0.3882

RGB percentages65.9%, 63.5%, 38.8%

HSLhsl(54.8, 28.4%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.8, 41.1%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 3.6%, 41.1%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,051,619

CSS custom property--colour: #A8A263;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35066WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.01:1

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

Contrast with black8.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#575D9C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC9E5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFA166no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B19A92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 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 text8.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.7 Tan · ΔE 17.8 Burlywood · ΔE 18.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.66, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6369A8

Analogous#A88063, #8BA863

Triadic#63A8A2, #A263A8

Split complementary#638BA8, #8063A8

Tetradic#63A880, #6369A8, #A8638B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1F0E6

Lighter +30%#DFDDC5

Lighter +20%#CDC9A4

Lighter +10%#BAB684

Darker −10%#8B854D

Darker −20%#6A663B

Darker −30%#494629

Darker −40%#282717

More saturated +25%#C6BB45

Less saturated −25%#8A8981

Channel breakdown

R168

G162

B99

Red168 (65.9%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue99 (38.8%)

Hue54.78°

Saturation (HSL)28.4%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G A2 · B 63

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