Colour

#AB940E

#AB940E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AB940E is a yellow with RGB values 171, 148, 14 and HSL 51°, 85%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#AB940E

RGBrgb(171, 148, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5804, 0.0549

RGB percentages67.1%, 58%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(51.2, 84.9%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 91.8%, 67.1%)

CMYK0%, 13.5%, 91.8%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,244,558

CSS custom property--colour: #AB940E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.97:1

Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#546BF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A49000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA981Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B9887Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.8 Olive · ΔE 15 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.9 Peru · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 13.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E25AB

Analogous#AB460E, #73AB0E

Triadic#0EAB94, #940EAB

Split complementary#0E73AB, #460EAB

Tetradic#0EAB46, #0E25AB, #AB0E73

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6E78F

Lighter +30%#F2DD60

Lighter +20%#EED231

Lighter +10%#DABD12

Darker −10%#7C6B0A

Darker −20%#4D4206

Darker −30%#1E1A02

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B99E00

Less saturated −25%#948425

Channel breakdown

R171

G148

B14

Red171 (67.1%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue51.21°

Saturation (HSL)84.86%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AB · G 94 · B 0E

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