Colour

#AB9824

#AB9824
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AB9824 is a yellow with RGB values 171, 152, 36 and HSL 52°, 65%, 41%. 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

#AB9824#AB9824

HEX#AB9824

RGBrgb(171, 152, 36)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5961, 0.1412

RGB percentages67.1%, 59.6%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(51.6, 65.2%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 78.9%, 67.1%)

CMYK0%, 11.1%, 78.9%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,245,604

CSS custom property--colour: #AB9824;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31242WCAG 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#5467DB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79406no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#AD9B2Dno 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 51.2 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 13.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 26 Peru · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2437AB

Analogous#AB5424, #7BAB24

Triadic#24AB98, #9824AB

Split complementary#247BAB, #5424AB

Tetradic#24AB54, #2437AB, #AB247B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE5AD

Lighter +30%#E5D783

Lighter +20%#DCCA59

Lighter +10%#D3BC2F

Darker −10%#81731B

Darker −20%#574D12

Darker −30%#2D2809

Darker −40%#020201

More saturated +25%#C5AB0A

Less saturated −25%#91853E

Channel breakdown

R171

G152

B36

Red171 (67.1%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue51.56°

Saturation (HSL)65.22%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AB · G 98 · B 24

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