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Recognised as Colour

#AB9240

  • #AB9240
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AB9240 is a yellow with RGB values 171, 146, 64 and HSL 46°, 46%, 46%. 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 khaki.

Colour values

#AB9240#AB9240
HEX#AB9240
RGBrgb(171, 146, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5725, 0.251
RGB percentages67.1%, 57.3%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(46, 45.5%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46, 62.6%, 67.1%)
CMYK0%, 14.6%, 62.6%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,244,096
CSS custom property--colour: #AB9240;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.92:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#546DBF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A19037no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A79744no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B88780no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.1Olive · ΔE 19Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.9Peru · ΔE 22Burlywood · ΔE 23.6Tan · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4059AB
Analogous#AB5D40, #8EAB40
Triadic#40AB92, #9240AB
Split complementary#408EAB, #5D40AB
Tetradic#40AB5D, #4059AB, #AB408E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE4CB
Lighter +30%#DED1A6
Lighter +20%#D0BD81
Lighter +10%#C2AA5C
Darker −10%#867232
Darker −20%#615324
Darker −30%#3C3316
Darker −40%#171308
More saturated +25%#C8A223
Less saturated −25%#8E825D

Channel breakdown

R171
G146
B64
Red171 (67.1%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue45.98°
Saturation (HSL)45.53%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AB · G 92 · B 40

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