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Recognised as Colour

#ACA963

  • #ACA963
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#ACA963 is a yellow with RGB values 172, 169, 99 and HSL 58°, 31%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#ACA963#ACA963
HEX#ACA963
RGBrgb(172, 169, 99)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6627, 0.3882
RGB percentages67.5%, 66.3%, 38.8%
HSLhsl(57.5, 30.5%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(57.5, 42.4%, 67.5%)
CMYK0%, 1.7%, 42.4%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,315,555
CSS custom property--colour: #ACA963;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38047WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.61:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#53569C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4A45Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5A766no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B6A198no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6.1Burlywood · ΔE 19.7Tan · ΔE 19.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.8Khaki · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6366AC
Analogous#AC8463, #8BAC63
Triadic#63ACA9, #A963AC
Split complementary#638BAC, #8463AC
Tetradic#63AC84, #6366AC, #AC638B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F2E8
Lighter +30%#E1E0C7
Lighter +20%#CFCEA6
Lighter +10%#BEBB84
Darker −10%#908D4C
Darker −20%#6E6C3B
Darker −30%#4D4C29
Darker −40%#2C2B17
More saturated +25%#CAC445
Less saturated −25%#8E8E81

Channel breakdown

R172
G169
B99
Red172 (67.5%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue99 (38.8%)
Hue57.53°
Saturation (HSL)30.54%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AC · G A9 · B 63

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