Recognised as Colour

#A8A76E

#A8A76E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A8A76E is a yellow with RGB values 168, 167, 110 and HSL 59°, 25%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A8A76E

RGBrgb(168, 167, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6549, 0.4314

RGB percentages65.9%, 65.5%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(59, 25%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59, 34.5%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 0.6%, 34.5%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,052,910

CSS custom property--colour: #A8A76E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37088WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.42:1

Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#575891

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0A36Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A570no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#B0A099no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.4 Tan · ΔE 16.5 Burlywood · ΔE 18.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.9 Wheat · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6E6FA8

Analogous#A88A6E, #8CA86E

Triadic#6EA8A7, #A76EA8

Split complementary#6E8CA8, #8A6EA8

Tetradic#6EA88A, #6E6FA8, #A86E8C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5F4EE

Lighter +30%#E1E1CE

Lighter +20%#CECEAE

Lighter +10%#BBBA8E

Darker −10%#8E8D55

Darker −20%#6E6D42

Darker −30%#4E4E2F

Darker −40%#2E2E1C

More saturated +25%#C5C351

Less saturated −25%#8B8B8B

Channel breakdown

R168

G167

B110

Red168 (65.9%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue58.97°

Saturation (HSL)25%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G A7 · B 6E

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