#A89200

A dark, vivid yellow closely aligning with Darkgoldenrod.

About #A89200

When working with digital screens, the color #A89200 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkgoldenrod. In the RGB color space, it consists of 168 red, 146 green, and 0 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 13% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 52.1° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 32.9% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a dark color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A89200
RGB168, 146, 0
HSL52.1°, 100.0%, 32.9%
CMYK0%, 13%, 100%, 34%
HSV52.1°, 100.0%, 65.9%
LAB60.7, -4.2, 64.7
XYZ26.4, 28.9, 4.2
Decimal11047424

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.10:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
6.78:1
Text on #000000
AA
2.96:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
5.76:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A89200; }
.text-color { color: #A89200; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A89200; }

Similar Colors

Darkgoldenrod
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