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Recognised as Colour

#AB9936

  • #AB9936
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AB9936 is a yellow with RGB values 171, 153, 54 and HSL 51°, 52%, 44%. 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

#AB9936#AB9936
HEX#AB9936
RGBrgb(171, 153, 54)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.6, 0.2118
RGB percentages67.1%, 60%, 21.2%
HSLhsl(50.8, 52%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 68.4%, 67.1%)
CMYK0%, 10.5%, 68.4%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,245,878
CSS custom property--colour: #AB9936;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.34:1
Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#5466C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A89529no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AD9B3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B88E85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.5Dark khaki · ΔE 17Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.5Goldenrod · ΔE 22.6Olivedrab · ΔE 24.9Peru · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3648AB
Analogous#AB5F36, #83AB36
Triadic#36AB99, #9936AB
Split complementary#3683AB, #5E36AB
Tetradic#36AB5F, #3648AB, #AB3683

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE5C1
Lighter +30%#DFD59B
Lighter +20%#D3C474
Lighter +10%#C7B44D
Darker −10%#84762A
Darker −20%#5D541E
Darker −30%#373111
Darker −40%#100E05
More saturated +25%#C7AC1A
Less saturated −25%#8F8652

Channel breakdown

R171
G153
B54
Red171 (67.1%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue54 (21.2%)
Hue50.77°
Saturation (HSL)52%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AB · G 99 · B 36

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