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Recognised as Colour

#AB981E

  • #AB981E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AB981E is a yellow with RGB values 171, 152, 30 and HSL 52°, 70%, 39%. 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

#AB981E#AB981E
HEX#AB981E
RGBrgb(171, 152, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5961, 0.1176
RGB percentages67.1%, 59.6%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(51.9, 70.1%, 39.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 82.5%, 67.1%)
CMYK0%, 11.1%, 82.5%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,245,598
CSS custom property--colour: #AB981E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31208WCAG 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 7.24:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#5467E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A89400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AD9B28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B98C82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.8Goldenrod · ΔE 18.1Dark khaki · ΔE 24Olivedrab · ΔE 26.5Peru · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E31AB
Analogous#AB521E, #78AB1E
Triadic#1EAB98, #981EAB
Split complementary#1E77AB, #521EAB
Tetradic#1EAB52, #1E31AB, #AB1E77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE5A6
Lighter +30%#E8D97A
Lighter +20%#E0CD4F
Lighter +10%#D6BF26
Darker −10%#807116
Darker −20%#544B0F
Darker −30%#292407
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C4AA05
Less saturated −25%#928637

Channel breakdown

R171
G152
B30
Red171 (67.1%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue51.91°
Saturation (HSL)70.15%
Lightness39.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AB · G 98 · B 1E

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