Colour

#AC9730

#AC9730
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AC9730 is a yellow with RGB values 172, 151, 48 and HSL 50°, 56%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AC9730#AC9730

HEX#AC9730

RGBrgb(172, 151, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.5922, 0.1882

RGB percentages67.5%, 59.2%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(49.8, 56.4%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 72.1%, 67.5%)

CMYK0%, 12.2%, 72.1%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,310,896

CSS custom property--colour: #AC9730;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31117WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.22:1

Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#5368CF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A69320no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9A36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BA8B82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.6 Peru · ΔE 25.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3045AC

Analogous#AC5930, #83AC30

Triadic#30AC97, #9730AC

Split complementary#3083AC, #5930AC

Tetradic#30AC59, #3045AC, #AC3083

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE4BC

Lighter +30%#E1D494

Lighter +20%#D6C46C

Lighter +10%#CBB444

Darker −10%#847425

Darker −20%#5C511A

Darker −30%#342E0F

Darker −40%#0D0B03

More saturated +25%#C8A914

Less saturated −25%#91854B

Channel breakdown

R172

G151

B48

Red172 (67.5%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue49.84°

Saturation (HSL)56.36%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AC · G 97 · B 30

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