Colour

#AB9711

#AB9711
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AB9711 is a yellow with RGB values 171, 151, 17 and HSL 52°, 82%, 37%. 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

#AB9711#AB9711

HEX#AB9711

RGBrgb(171, 151, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5922, 0.0667

RGB percentages67.1%, 59.2%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(52.2, 81.9%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 90.1%, 67.1%)

CMYK0%, 11.7%, 90.1%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,245,329

CSS custom property--colour: #AB9711;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.17:1

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

Contrast with black7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#5468EE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9A1Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B98B80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55 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 text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 17 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.9 Peru · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1125AB

Analogous#AB4A11, #72AB11

Triadic#11AB97, #9711AB

Split complementary#1172AB, #4A11AB

Tetradic#11AB4A, #1125AB, #AB1172

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4E894

Lighter +30%#F0DE65

Lighter +20%#EBD437

Lighter +10%#D9C016

Darker −10%#7D6E0C

Darker −20%#4E4508

Darker −30%#201C03

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BCA400

Less saturated −25%#938629

Channel breakdown

R171

G151

B17

Red171 (67.1%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue52.21°

Saturation (HSL)81.91%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AB · G 97 · B 11

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