Recognised as Colour

#A98F07

#A98F07
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#A98F07 is a yellow with RGB values 169, 143, 7 and HSL 50°, 92%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#A98F07

RGBrgb(169, 143, 7)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5608, 0.0275

RGB percentages66.3%, 56.1%, 2.7%

HSLhsl(50.4, 92%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 95.9%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 15.4%, 95.9%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,112,199

CSS custom property--colour: #A98F07;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28095WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.62:1

Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#5670F8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69418no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B88279no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 11.9 Olive · ΔE 15.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.1 Peru · ΔE 28 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0721A9

Analogous#A93E07, #72A907

Triadic#07A98F, #8F07A9

Split complementary#0772A9, #3E07A9

Tetradic#07A93E, #0721A9, #A90772

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAE782

Lighter +30%#F8DD51

Lighter +20%#F6D420

Lighter +10%#DAB809

Darker −10%#786605

Darker −20%#473C03

Darker −30%#161301

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B09400

Less saturated −25%#93801D

Channel breakdown

R169

G143

Red169 (66.3%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue7 (2.7%)

Hue50.37°

Saturation (HSL)92.05%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 8F · B 07

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Colour values

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