Recognised as Colour

#A8AC86

#A8AC86
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#A8AC86 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 172, 134 and HSL 66°, 19%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#A8AC86#A8AC86

HEX#A8AC86

RGBrgb(168, 172, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6745, 0.5255

RGB percentages65.9%, 67.5%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(66.3, 18.6%, 60%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.3, 22.1%, 67.5%)

CMYK2.3%, 0%, 22.1%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,054,214

CSS custom property--colour: #A8AC86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.91:1

Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#575379

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2A884no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2A987no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Tritanopia#ADA7A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 15.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.2 Burlywood · ΔE 20.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.6 Dark grey · ΔE 20.7 Silver · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 15.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A86AC

Analogous#AC9D86, #95AC86

Triadic#86A8AC, #AC86A8

Split complementary#8695AC, #9D86AC

Tetradic#86AC9D, #8A86AC, #AC8695

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E9EAE1

Lighter +20%#D4D6C3

Lighter +10%#BEC1A4

Darker −10%#929768

Darker −20%#757953

Darker −30%#585B3E

Darker −40%#3B3D2A

More saturated +25%#BCC66D

Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R168

G172

B134

Red168 (65.9%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue66.32°

Saturation (HSL)18.63%

Lightness60%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A8 · G AC · B 86

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