Recognised as Colour

#AB8E23

#AB8E23
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AB8E23 is a yellow with RGB values 171, 142, 35 and HSL 47°, 66%, 40%. 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#AB8E23

RGBrgb(171, 142, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5569, 0.1373

RGB percentages67.1%, 55.7%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(47.2, 66%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.2, 79.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK0%, 17%, 79.5%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,243,043

CSS custom property--colour: #AB8E23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28125WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.63:1

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

Contrast with black6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#5471DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9E8C0Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A5942Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Tritanopia#B9827Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 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 text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 11.5 Olive · ΔE 15.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.3 Peru · ΔE 23 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.7 Sandy brown · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 11.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2340AB

Analogous#AB4A23, #84AB23

Triadic#23AB8E, #8E23AB

Split complementary#2384AB, #4A23AB

Tetradic#23AB4A, #2340AB, #AB2384

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE0AC

Lighter +30%#E5D082

Lighter +20%#DDC057

Lighter +10%#D4B02D

Darker −10%#816B1A

Darker −20%#564812

Darker −30%#2C2509

Darker −40%#020100

More saturated +25%#C59D09

Less saturated −25%#917F3D

Channel breakdown

R171

G142

B35

Red171 (67.1%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue47.21°

Saturation (HSL)66.02%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AB · G 8E · B 23

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