Recognised as Colour

#AB9212

#AB9212
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AB9212 is a yellow with RGB values 171, 146, 18 and HSL 50°, 81%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AB9212#AB9212

HEX#AB9212

RGBrgb(171, 146, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5725, 0.0706

RGB percentages67.1%, 57.3%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(50.2, 81%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 89.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK0%, 14.6%, 89.5%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,244,050

CSS custom property--colour: #AB9212;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.85:1

Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#546DED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A28F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9971Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BA867Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.5 Olive · ΔE 14.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.8 Peru · ΔE 27.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 12.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#122BAB

Analogous#AB4512, #78AB12

Triadic#12AB92, #9212AB

Split complementary#1277AB, #4612AB

Tetradic#12AB45, #122BAB, #AB1277

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4E495

Lighter +30%#EFD967

Lighter +20%#EACD39

Lighter +10%#D9B917

Darker −10%#7D6B0D

Darker −20%#4F4308

Darker −30%#211C03

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BD9E00

Less saturated −25%#93822A

Channel breakdown

R171

G146

B18

Red171 (67.1%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue50.2°

Saturation (HSL)80.95%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AB · G 92 · B 12

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