Colour

#ACA23F

#ACA23F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#ACA23F is a yellow with RGB values 172, 162, 63 and HSL 54°, 46%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#ACA23F#ACA23F

HEX#ACA23F

RGBrgb(172, 162, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6353, 0.2471

RGB percentages67.5%, 63.5%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(54.5, 46.4%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.5, 63.4%, 67.5%)

CMYK0%, 5.8%, 63.4%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,313,727

CSS custom property--colour: #ACA23F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.99:1

Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#535DC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B09D33no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3A245no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B8978Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.2 Olive · ΔE 15.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 22.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.1 Khaki · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3F49AC

Analogous#AC6C3F, #80AC3F

Triadic#3FACA2, #A23FAC

Split complementary#3F80AC, #6C3FAC

Tetradic#3FAC6B, #3F49AC, #AC3F7F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE9CB

Lighter +30%#DED9A6

Lighter +20%#D1C980

Lighter +10%#C3B95B

Darker −10%#877F31

Darker −20%#615C24

Darker −30%#3C3916

Darker −40%#171508

More saturated +25%#C9BA22

Less saturated −25%#8F8A5C

Channel breakdown

R172

G162

B63

Red172 (67.5%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue54.5°

Saturation (HSL)46.38%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AC · G A2 · B 3F

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Colour values

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