Colour

#AB970E

#AB970E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AB970E is a yellow with RGB values 171, 151, 14 and HSL 52°, 85%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AB970E#AB970E

HEX#AB970E

RGBrgb(171, 151, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5922, 0.0549

RGB percentages67.1%, 59.2%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(52.4, 84.9%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 91.8%, 67.1%)

CMYK0%, 11.7%, 91.8%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,245,326

CSS custom property--colour: #AB970E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30823WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.16:1

Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#5468F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9A1Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B98B80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.1 Peru · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E22AB

Analogous#AB480E, #71AB0E

Triadic#0EAB97, #970EAB

Split complementary#0E71AB, #490EAB

Tetradic#0EAB48, #0E22AB, #AB0E71

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6E98F

Lighter +30%#F2DF60

Lighter +20%#EED631

Lighter +10%#DAC112

Darker −10%#7C6D0A

Darker −20%#4D4406

Darker −30%#1E1A02

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B9A100

Less saturated −25%#948625

Channel breakdown

R171

G151

B14

Red171 (67.1%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue52.36°

Saturation (HSL)84.86%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AB · G 97 · B 0E

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