Recognised as Colour

#A8A271

#A8A271
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A8A271 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 162, 113 and HSL 53°, 24%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A8A271#A8A271

HEX#A8A271

RGBrgb(168, 162, 113)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6353, 0.4431

RGB percentages65.9%, 63.5%, 44.3%

HSLhsl(53.5, 24%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.5, 32.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 3.6%, 32.7%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,051,633

CSS custom property--colour: #A8A271;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.07:1

Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#575D8E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AB9F6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADA273no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B09B95no 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 text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 14 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.3 Burlywood · ΔE 17.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21 Wheat · ΔE 24.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 13.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7177A8

Analogous#A88771, #93A871

Triadic#71A8A2, #A271A8

Split complementary#7193A8, #8771A8

Tetradic#71A887, #7177A8, #A87193

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F5EF

Lighter +30%#E2E0D0

Lighter +20%#CFCBB0

Lighter +10%#BBB791

Darker −10%#8F8957

Darker −20%#6F6A44

Darker −30%#4F4C31

Darker −40%#302E1D

More saturated +25%#C5B854

Less saturated −25%#8D8D8D

Channel breakdown

R168

G162

B113

Red168 (65.9%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue113 (44.3%)

Hue53.45°

Saturation (HSL)24.02%

Lightness55.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G A2 · B 71

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