Recognised as Colour

#AB9123

#AB9123
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AB9123 is a yellow with RGB values 171, 145, 35 and HSL 49°, 66%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#AB9123

RGBrgb(171, 145, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5686, 0.1373

RGB percentages67.1%, 56.9%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(48.5, 66%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 79.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK0%, 15.2%, 79.5%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,243,811

CSS custom property--colour: #AB9123;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2903WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.81:1

Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#546EDC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A18E08no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8962Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B9857Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.7 Olive · ΔE 14.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.2 Peru · ΔE 24.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 12.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#233DAB

Analogous#AB4D23, #81AB23

Triadic#23AB91, #9123AB

Split complementary#2381AB, #4D23AB

Tetradic#23AB4D, #233DAB, #AB2381

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE1AC

Lighter +30%#E5D282

Lighter +20%#DDC357

Lighter +10%#D4B42D

Darker −10%#816D1A

Darker −20%#564912

Darker −30%#2C2509

Darker −40%#020100

More saturated +25%#C5A109

Less saturated −25%#91813D

Channel breakdown

R171

G145

B35

Red171 (67.1%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue48.53°

Saturation (HSL)66.02%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AB · G 91 · B 23

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Tints, shades & saturation

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