Colour

#AB9500

#AB9500
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AB9500 is a yellow with RGB values 171, 149, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AB9500#AB9500

HEX#AB9500

RGBrgb(171, 149, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5843, 0

RGB percentages67.1%, 58.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.3, 100%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 100%, 67.1%)

CMYK0%, 12.9%, 100%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,244,800

CSS custom property--colour: #AB9500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30153WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.03:1

Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#546AFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A59100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9816no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Tritanopia#BA887Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.8 Olive · ΔE 15.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.5 Peru · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 14.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0016AB

Analogous#AB4000, #6BAB00

Triadic#00AB95, #9500AB

Split complementary#006BAB, #3F00AB

Tetradic#00AB40, #0016AB, #AB006B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFEE78

Lighter +30%#FFE745

Lighter +20%#FFE112

Lighter +10%#DEC100

Darker −10%#786900

Darker −20%#453C00

Darker −30%#121000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AB9500

Less saturated −25%#968515

Channel breakdown

R171

G149

Red171 (67.1%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.28°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AB · G 95 · B 00

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