Recognised as Colour

#ACAD47

#ACAD47
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#ACAD47 is a yellow with RGB values 172, 173, 71 and HSL 61°, 42%, 48%. 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

#ACAD47#ACAD47

HEX#ACAD47

RGBrgb(172, 173, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6784, 0.2784

RGB percentages67.5%, 67.8%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(60.6, 41.8%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60.6, 59%, 67.8%)

CMYK0.6%, 0%, 59%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,316,551

CSS custom property--colour: #ACAD47;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.3 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#A5A5A5

Inverted#5352B8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BAA63Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBAA4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B7A397no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 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 13.6 Olive · ΔE 17.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 20.2 Khaki · ΔE 22.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4847AD

Analogous#AD7B47, #79AD47

Triadic#47ACAD, #AD47AC

Split complementary#4779AD, #7B47AD

Tetradic#47AD7B, #4847AD, #AD4779

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDEDD3

Lighter +30%#DEDEAF

Lighter +20%#CFCF8B

Lighter +10%#C0C067

Darker −10%#888938

Darker −20%#646529

Darker −30%#40411A

Darker −40%#1C1C0C

More saturated +25%#CACC29

Less saturated −25%#8E8F66

Channel breakdown

R172

G173

B71

Red172 (67.5%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue60.59°

Saturation (HSL)41.8%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AC · G AD · B 47

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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