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Recognised as Colour

#ABA66C

  • #ABA66C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#ABA66C is a yellow with RGB values 171, 166, 108 and HSL 55°, 27%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#ABA66C#ABA66C
HEX#ABA66C
RGBrgb(171, 166, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.651, 0.4235
RGB percentages67.1%, 65.1%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(55.2, 27.3%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.2, 36.8%, 67.1%)
CMYK0%, 2.9%, 36.8%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,249,260
CSS custom property--colour: #ABA66C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.4:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#545993

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0A268no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2A56Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B49F97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.7Tan · ΔE 15.7Burlywood · ΔE 17.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.5Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.9Wheat · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6C71AB
Analogous#AB866C, #90AB6C
Triadic#6CABA6, #A66CAB
Split complementary#6C91AB, #866CAB
Tetradic#6CAB86, #6C71AB, #AB6C91

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F5EE
Lighter +30%#E3E1CD
Lighter +20%#D0CDAD
Lighter +10%#BEBA8C
Darker −10%#918C53
Darker −20%#716D40
Darker −30%#504D2E
Darker −40%#302E1B
More saturated +25%#C8BE4F
Less saturated −25%#8E8E89

Channel breakdown

R171
G166
B108
Red171 (67.1%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue55.24°
Saturation (HSL)27.27%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AB · G A6 · B 6C

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