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Recognised as Colour

#ACA974

  • #ACA974
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#ACA974 is a yellow with RGB values 172, 169, 116 and HSL 57°, 25%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#ACA974#ACA974
HEX#ACA974
RGBrgb(172, 169, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6627, 0.4549
RGB percentages67.5%, 66.3%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(56.8, 25.2%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.8, 32.6%, 67.5%)
CMYK0%, 1.7%, 32.6%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,315,572
CSS custom property--colour: #ACA974;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.68:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#53568B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2A570no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3A876no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B4A29Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.6Tan · ΔE 14.4Burlywood · ΔE 16.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23Wheat · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7477AC
Analogous#AC8D74, #93AC74
Triadic#74ACA9, #A974AC
Split complementary#7493AC, #8D74AC
Tetradic#74AC8D, #7477AC, #AC7493

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F8F4
Lighter +30%#E5E4D4
Lighter +20%#D2D1B4
Lighter +10%#BFBD94
Darker −10%#949159
Darker −20%#747246
Darker −30%#555332
Darker −40%#35331F
More saturated +25%#C8C258
Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R172
G169
B116
Red172 (67.5%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue56.79°
Saturation (HSL)25.23%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AC · G A9 · B 74

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