#a09f36 Color Information

#a09f36 Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #a09f36. In RGB, it consists of 62.7% Red, 62.4% Green, and 21.2% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 0.6% Magenta, 66.3% Yellow, and 37.3% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 59.4°, with saturation of 49.5% and lightness of 42%. The decimal value for #a09f36 is 10526518, and its nearest "web safe" color is #999933. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #a09f36 is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is yellow. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is yellow.
  • HexHex code for this color#a09f36 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color160, 159, 54 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color62.7%, 62.4%, 21.2% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.373, 0.376, 0.788 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.006, 0.663, 0.373 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color59.4°, 49.5%, 42.0% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color59.4°, 66.2%, 62.7% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color27.561, 32.536, 8.318 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color55, 160, 54 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code10526518 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color63.784, -12.949, 52.697 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)63.784, 54.265, 103.806 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color63.784, 5.064, 60.842 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color57.041, -13.572, 31.283 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.403, 0.476, 32.536 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4288716598 / 0xffa09f36 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#999933 Copy
Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Shades of #a09f36

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #a09f36, its pure hue is 59.4° on the color wheel and its saturation is 49.5%, and its lightness is 42.0%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #a09f36, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #141407 to #8c8b2f.

Tints of #a09f36

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #a09f36, its pure hue is 59.4° on the color wheel and its saturation is 49.5%, and its lightness is 42.0%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #a09f36, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #acab4f to #f3f3e6.

Tones of #a09f36

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #a09f36, its pure hue is 59.4° on the color wheel and its saturation is 49.5%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #a09f36, which range from #6b6b6b (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #d6d400 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #a09f36

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #a09f36! For #a09f36, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #a09f36. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #a09f36

This color, #a09f36, consists of 62.7% Red, 62.4% Green, and 21.2% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 160, Green = 159, Blue = 54. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #a09f36 is 0% Cyan, 0.6% Magenta, 66.3% Yellow, and 37.3% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R62.7%
C0.0%
G62.4%
M0.6%
B21.2%
Y66.2%
K37.3%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 160 159 54
Octal 240 237 66
Hexa #a0 #9f #36
Binary 10100000 10011111 00110110
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 0 66 37
Octal 0 0 102 45
Hexa #00 #00 #42 #25
Binary 00000000 00000000 01000010 00100101

Analogous Colors of #a09f36

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #a09f36 — which has hue 59.4° — its analogous colors are located at 29.4° and 89.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a09f36.

Triadic Colors of #a09f36

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #a09f36 — which has hue 59.4° — its triadic colors are located at 59.4° and 299.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a09f36.

Complementary Color of #a09f36

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #a09f36 — which has hue 59.4° — its complementary color is located at 239.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a09f36.

Split Complementary Colors of #a09f36

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #a09f36 — which has hue 59.4° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 59.4° and 269.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a09f36.

Tetradic Colors of #a09f36

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #a09f36 — which has hue 59.4° — its tetradic colors are located at 329.4°, 59.4°, 149.4°, and 239.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a09f36.

Monochromatic Colors of #a09f36

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #a09f36, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #434328 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #e7e55a (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #a09f36

We want to make getting started with #a09f36 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #a09f36 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #a09f36 can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #a09f36 with other HTML elements.

#a09f36 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #a09f36.
<span style="color: #a09f36;">The color of this text is #a09f36.</span>

#a09f36 Background Color

The background color for this text is #a09f36.
<div style="background-color: #a09f36; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #a09f36.</div>

#a09f36 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #a09f36.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #a09f36;">This color for the shadow of this text is #a09f36.</span>

#a09f36 Border Color

This is a div with border color #a09f36.
<div style="border: #a09f36 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #a09f36.</div>

#a09f36 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #a09f36 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a09f36; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a09f36 on a white background.</div></div>

#a09f36 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #a09f36 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a09f36; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a09f36 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #a09f36 to White

This is a gradient from #a09f36 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a09f36,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a09f36,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a09f36,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a09f36,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a09f36 to white.</div>

Gradient from #a09f36 to Black

This is a gradient from #a09f36 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a09f36,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a09f36,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a09f36,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a09f36,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a09f36 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #a09f36

In addition to using #a09f36 on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #a09f36 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #a09f36, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 160, Green = 159, Blue = 54). If you need details about the color coordinates of #a09f36 in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #a09f36
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(160, 159, 54)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #a09f36; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #a09f36; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #a09f36; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(160, 159, 54);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#a09f36")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:160, green:159, blue:54, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:160 green:159 blue:54 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(160f, 159f, 54f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(160, 159, 54);
 

#a09f36 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #a09f36 the same way. For those with color blindness, #a09f36 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #a09f36 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #a09f36 is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #a09f36 looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #a09f36 will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #a09f36 is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 2.8:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
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