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Recognised as Colour

#AB9733

  • #AB9733
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AB9733 is a yellow with RGB values 171, 151, 51 and HSL 50°, 54%, 44%. 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

#AB9733#AB9733
HEX#AB9733
RGBrgb(171, 151, 51)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5922, 0.2
RGB percentages67.1%, 59.2%, 20%
HSLhsl(50, 54.1%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50, 70.2%, 67.1%)
CMYK0%, 11.7%, 70.2%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,245,363
CSS custom property--colour: #AB9733;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.21:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#5468CC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A69325no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AB9A39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B88C83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.3Dark khaki · ΔE 18.1Goldenrod · ΔE 21.8Olivedrab · ΔE 25.7Peru · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3347AB
Analogous#AB5B33, #83AB33
Triadic#33AB97, #9733AB
Split complementary#3383AB, #5B33AB
Tetradic#33AB5B, #3347AB, #AB3383

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE4BE
Lighter +30%#E0D497
Lighter +20%#D4C470
Lighter +10%#C9B348
Darker −10%#847427
Darker −20%#5C521C
Darker −30%#352F10
Darker −40%#0E0C04
More saturated +25%#C7AA17
Less saturated −25%#8F854F

Channel breakdown

R171
G151
B51
Red171 (67.1%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue51 (20%)
Hue50°
Saturation (HSL)54.05%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AB · G 97 · B 33

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