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Recognised as Colour

#A8B26C

  • #A8B26C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#A8B26C is a yellow with RGB values 168, 178, 108 and HSL 69°, 31%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A8B26C#A8B26C
HEX#A8B26C
RGBrgb(168, 178, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.698, 0.4235
RGB percentages65.9%, 69.8%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(68.6, 31.2%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(68.6, 39.3%, 69.8%)
CMYK5.6%, 0%, 39.3%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,055,724
CSS custom property--colour: #A8B26C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41248WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#574D93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBAB67no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAAD6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AFABA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 19Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.3Tan · ΔE 22.6Burlywood · ΔE 23.1Khaki · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#766CB2
Analogous#B2996C, #85B26C
Triadic#6CA8B2, #B26CA8
Split complementary#6C85B2, #996CB2
Tetradic#6CB299, #766CB2, #B26C85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F8F2
Lighter +30%#E3E7D0
Lighter +20%#D0D5AF
Lighter +10%#BCC48D
Darker −10%#909A51
Darker −20%#71793F
Darker −30%#51572E
Darker −40%#32361C
More saturated +25%#BCCE50
Less saturated −25%#949688

Channel breakdown

R168
G178
B108
Red168 (65.9%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue68.57°
Saturation (HSL)31.25%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A8 · G B2 · B 6C

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