Recognised as Colour

#AB992C

#AB992C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AB992C is a yellow with RGB values 171, 153, 44 and HSL 51°, 59%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AB992C#AB992C

HEX#AB992C

RGBrgb(171, 153, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.6, 0.1725

RGB percentages67.1%, 60%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(51.5, 59.1%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 74.3%, 67.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.5%, 74.3%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,245,868

CSS custom property--colour: #AB992C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31622WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.32:1

Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#5466D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89519no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AD9B33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B98D84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.1 Peru · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C3EAB

Analogous#AB5A2C, #7DAB2C

Triadic#2CAB99, #992CAB

Split complementary#2C7EAB, #5A2CAB

Tetradic#2CAB59, #2C3EAB, #AB2C7D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE5B7

Lighter +30%#E2D68E

Lighter +20%#D8C765

Lighter +10%#CDB93D

Darker −10%#827522

Darker −20%#5A5017

Darker −30%#312C0D

Darker −40%#090802

More saturated +25%#C6AC11

Less saturated −25%#908647

Channel breakdown

R171

G153

B44

Red171 (67.1%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue51.5°

Saturation (HSL)59.07%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AB · G 99 · B 2C

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