Colour

#AC9809

#AC9809
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AC9809 is a yellow with RGB values 172, 152, 9 and HSL 53°, 90%, 35%. 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

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HEX#AC9809

RGBrgb(172, 152, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.5961, 0.0353

RGB percentages67.5%, 59.6%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(52.6, 90.1%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 94.8%, 67.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 94.8%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,311,113

CSS custom property--colour: #AC9809;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31247WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1

Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#5367F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AE9B1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BA8C81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.6 Peru · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#091DAC

Analogous#AC4709, #6FAC09

Triadic#09AC98, #9809AC

Split complementary#096EAC, #4609AC

Tetradic#09AC47, #091DAC, #AC096F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9EB88

Lighter +30%#F6E358

Lighter +20%#F4DB27

Lighter +10%#DCC30C

Darker −10%#7C6D06

Darker −20%#4B4204

Darker −30%#1B1801

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B59F00

Less saturated −25%#958720

Channel breakdown

R172

G152

Red172 (67.5%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue52.64°

Saturation (HSL)90.06%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AC · G 98 · B 09

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