Recognised as Colour

#ABA603

#ABA603
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#ABA603 is a yellow with RGB values 171, 166, 3 and HSL 58°, 97%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#ABA603#ABA603

HEX#ABA603

RGBrgb(171, 166, 3)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.651, 0.0118

RGB percentages67.1%, 65.1%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(58.2, 96.6%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.2, 98.2%, 67.1%)

CMYK0%, 2.9%, 98.2%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,249,155

CSS custom property--colour: #ABA603;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35937WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.19:1

Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#5459FC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B59F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8A41Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B89A8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 18.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25 Yellow green · ΔE 26.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.8 Gold · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 18.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0308AB

Analogous#AB5203, #5CAB03

Triadic#03ABA6, #A603AB

Split complementary#035CAB, #5203AB

Tetradic#03AB52, #0308AB, #AB035C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDF97D

Lighter +30%#FCF74B

Lighter +20%#FBF419

Lighter +10%#DDD704

Darker −10%#797502

Darker −20%#474501

Darker −30%#151400

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AEA900

Less saturated −25%#959219

Channel breakdown

R171

G166

Red171 (67.1%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue58.21°

Saturation (HSL)96.55%

Lightness34.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AB · G A6 · B 03

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