Recognised as Colour

#ACAB72

#ACAB72
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#ACAB72 is a yellow with RGB values 172, 171, 114 and HSL 59°, 26%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#ACAB72#ACAB72

HEX#ACAB72

RGBrgb(172, 171, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6706, 0.4471

RGB percentages67.5%, 67.1%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(59, 25.9%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59, 33.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK0%, 0.6%, 33.7%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,316,082

CSS custom property--colour: #ACAB72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.82:1

Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#53548D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4A76Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5A974no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#B4A49Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.8 Tan · ΔE 15.8 Burlywood · ΔE 17.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.4 Wheat · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7273AC

Analogous#AC8E72, #90AC72

Triadic#72ACAB, #AB72AC

Split complementary#7290AC, #8E72AC

Tetradic#72AC8E, #7273AC, #AC7290

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8F8F2

Lighter +30%#E5E4D2

Lighter +20%#D2D1B2

Lighter +10%#BFBE92

Darker −10%#949357

Darker −20%#747344

Darker −30%#545331

Darker −40%#34331E

More saturated +25%#C8C656

Less saturated −25%#90908E

Channel breakdown

R172

G171

B114

Red172 (67.5%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue58.97°

Saturation (HSL)25.89%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AC · G AB · B 72

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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