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Recognised as Colour

#ABA138

  • #ABA138
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#ABA138 is a yellow with RGB values 171, 161, 56 and HSL 55°, 51%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#ABA138#ABA138
HEX#ABA138
RGBrgb(171, 161, 56)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.6314, 0.2196
RGB percentages67.1%, 63.1%, 22%
HSLhsl(54.8, 50.7%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54.8, 67.3%, 67.1%)
CMYK0%, 5.8%, 67.3%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,247,928
CSS custom property--colour: #ABA138;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.89:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#545EC7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AF9C2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2A13Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B8968Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.3Dark khaki · ΔE 16.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.8Olivedrab · ΔE 22.3Goldenrod · ΔE 23.8Khaki · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3842AB
Analogous#AB6838, #7BAB38
Triadic#38ABA1, #A138AB
Split complementary#387BAB, #6838AB
Tetradic#38AB68, #3842AB, #AB387B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE8C3
Lighter +30%#DFD99D
Lighter +20%#D2CA77
Lighter +10%#C6BC50
Darker −10%#857D2B
Darker −20%#5E591F
Darker −30%#383412
Darker −40%#111006
More saturated +25%#C7B81C
Less saturated −25%#8F8A54

Channel breakdown

R171
G161
B56
Red171 (67.1%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue54.78°
Saturation (HSL)50.66%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AB · G A1 · B 38

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