Colour

#AC992B

#AC992B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AC992B is a yellow with RGB values 172, 153, 43 and HSL 51°, 60%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AC992B#AC992B

HEX#AC992B

RGBrgb(172, 153, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6, 0.1686

RGB percentages67.5%, 60%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(51.2, 60%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 75%, 67.5%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 75%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,311,403

CSS custom property--colour: #AC992B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness151 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.35:1

Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#5366D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89517no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AD9C32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BA8D84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.7 Peru · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B3EAC

Analogous#AC592B, #7FAC2B

Triadic#2BAC99, #992BAC

Split complementary#2B7FAC, #582BAC

Tetradic#2BAC58, #2B3EAC, #AC2B7F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDE5B6

Lighter +30%#E3D68D

Lighter +20%#D8C765

Lighter +10%#CEB93C

Darker −10%#837521

Darker −20%#5A5017

Darker −30%#322C0C

Darker −40%#090802

More saturated +25%#C7AC10

Less saturated −25%#918646

Channel breakdown

R172

G153

B43

Red172 (67.5%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue51.16°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AC · G 99 · B 2B

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Colour values

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