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Recognised as Colour

#AB9823

  • #AB9823
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AB9823 is a yellow with RGB values 171, 152, 35 and HSL 52°, 66%, 40%. 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

#AB9823#AB9823
HEX#AB9823
RGBrgb(171, 152, 35)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5961, 0.1373
RGB percentages67.1%, 59.6%, 13.7%
HSLhsl(51.6, 66%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 79.5%, 67.1%)
CMYK0%, 11.1%, 79.5%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,245,603
CSS custom property--colour: #AB9823;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31236WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#5467DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A89403no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AD9B2Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B98C82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.5 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 text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16Goldenrod · ΔE 18.7Dark khaki · ΔE 22.7Olivedrab · ΔE 26.1Peru · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2336AB
Analogous#AB5423, #7AAB23
Triadic#23AB98, #9823AB
Split complementary#237AAB, #5423AB
Tetradic#23AB54, #2336AB, #AB237A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEE5AC
Lighter +30%#E5D782
Lighter +20%#DDCA57
Lighter +10%#D4BD2D
Darker −10%#81721A
Darker −20%#564D12
Darker −30%#2C2709
Darker −40%#020100
More saturated +25%#C5AB09
Less saturated −25%#91853D

Channel breakdown

R171
G152
B35
Red171 (67.1%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue35 (13.7%)
Hue51.62°
Saturation (HSL)66.02%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AB · G 98 · B 23

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