Recognised as Colour

#A9AB70

#A9AB70
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A9AB70 is a yellow with RGB values 169, 171, 112 and HSL 62°, 26%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#A9AB70#A9AB70

HEX#A9AB70

RGBrgb(169, 171, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.6706, 0.4392

RGB percentages66.3%, 67.1%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(62, 26%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62, 34.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK1.2%, 0%, 34.5%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,119,472

CSS custom property--colour: #A9AB70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38731WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1

Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#56548F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4A66Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5A872no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B1A49Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.4 Tan · ΔE 17.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.7 Burlywood · ΔE 19.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Wheat · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7270AB

Analogous#AB9070, #8CAB70

Triadic#70A9AB, #AB70A9

Split complementary#708CAB, #8F70AB

Tetradic#70AB8F, #7270AB, #AB708C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F6F1

Lighter +30%#E3E4D0

Lighter +20%#D0D1B0

Lighter +10%#BCBE90

Darker −10%#909256

Darker −20%#707243

Darker −30%#515230

Darker −40%#31321D

More saturated +25%#C3C754

Less saturated −25%#8F8F8C

Channel breakdown

R169

G171

B112

Red169 (66.3%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue62.03°

Saturation (HSL)25.99%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A9 · G AB · B 70

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