#ab9a22

Color #ab9a22

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 13.51 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 15.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ab9a22

RGB

rgb(171, 154, 34)

HSL

hsl(52.6, 66.8%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(52.6, 80.1%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 80.1%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(63.25, -6.38, 59.86)

LCH

lch(63.25, 60.2, 96.08)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.1321, 100.69)

HWB

hwb(52.6, 13.3%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2233ab

Analogous

#ab5622

#ab9a22

#77ab22

Triadic

#ab9a22

#22ab9a

#9a22ab

Split-complementary

#ab9a22

#2277ab

#5622ab

Tetradic

#ab9a22

#33ab22

#2233ab

#9a22ab

Square

#ab9a22

#22ab56

#2233ab

#ab2277

Shades

Color #ab9a22 mixed toward black.

#8e801c

#726717

#554d11

#39330b

#1c1a06

Tints

Color #ab9a22 mixed toward white.

#d5c02b

#ddcc55

#e6d980

#eee6aa

#f7f2d5

Tones

Color #ab9a22 mixed toward gray.

#a0912d

#948939

#898044

#7d7850

#726f5b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a455 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#a5a65c · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#aa6c70 · ΔE 39

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 25.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ab9a22;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab9a22]

Related colors

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Gold #ffd700

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Frequently asked questions

#ab9a22 (#ab9a22) is rgb(171, 154, 34) in RGB.

No, #ab9a22 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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