Colour

#ACA37B

#ACA37B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#ACA37B is a yellow with RGB values 172, 163, 123 and HSL 49°, 23%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#ACA37B#ACA37B

HEX#ACA37B

RGBrgb(172, 163, 123)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6392, 0.4824

RGB percentages67.5%, 63.9%, 48.2%

HSLhsl(49, 22.8%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49, 28.5%, 67.5%)

CMYK0%, 5.2%, 28.5%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,314,043

CSS custom property--colour: #ACA37B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36395WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.28:1

Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#535C84

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ABA178no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AEA47Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B49D98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11.8 Burlywood · ΔE 16.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.7 Dark grey · ΔE 22.4 Wheat · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 11.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7B84AC

Analogous#AC8B7B, #9DAC7B

Triadic#7BACA3, #A37BAC

Split complementary#7B9DAC, #8B7BAC

Tetradic#7BAC8B, #7B84AC, #AC7B9D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFAF8

Lighter +30%#E7E4D9

Lighter +20%#D3CFBA

Lighter +10%#C0B99A

Darker −10%#968C5E

Darker −20%#766E4B

Darker −30%#575137

Darker −40%#383423

More saturated +25%#C7B460

Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R172

G163

B123

Red172 (67.5%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue123 (48.2%)

Hue48.98°

Saturation (HSL)22.79%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AC · G A3 · B 7B

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