#ab6a18 Color Information

#ab6a18 Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #ab6a18. In RGB, it consists of 67.1% Red, 41.6% Green, and 9.4% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 38% Magenta, 86% Yellow, and 32.9% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 33.5°, with saturation of 75.4% and lightness of 38.2%. The decimal value for #ab6a18 is 11233816, and its nearest "web safe" color is #996600. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #ab6a18 is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is yellow. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is yellow.
  • HexHex code for this color#ab6a18 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color171, 106, 24 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color67.1%, 41.6%, 9.4% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.329, 0.584, 0.906 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.38, 0.86, 0.329 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color33.5°, 75.4%, 38.2% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color33.5°, 86.0%, 67.1% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color22.113, 19.032, 3.372 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color141, 171, 24 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code11233816 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color50.725, 19.916, 52.234 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)50.725, 55.903, 69.129 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color50.725, 53.131, 46.684 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color43.626, 14.136, 25.955 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.497, 0.428, 19.032 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4289423896 / 0xffab6a18 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#996600 Copy
Last Updated: March 27, 2024

Shades of #ab6a18

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #ab6a18, its pure hue is 33.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 75.4%, and its lightness is 38.2%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #ab6a18, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #150d03 to #965d15.

Tints of #ab6a18

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #ab6a18, its pure hue is 33.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 75.4%, and its lightness is 38.2%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #ab6a18, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #b67d35 to #f5ece2.

Tones of #ab6a18

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #ab6a18, its pure hue is 33.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 75.4%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #ab6a18, which range from #626262 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #c36d00 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #ab6a18

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #ab6a18! For #ab6a18, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #ab6a18. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #ab6a18

This color, #ab6a18, consists of 67.1% Red, 41.6% Green, and 9.4% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 171, Green = 106, Blue = 24. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #ab6a18 is 0% Cyan, 38% Magenta, 86% Yellow, and 32.9% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R67.1%
C0.0%
G41.6%
M38.0%
B9.4%
Y86.0%
K32.9%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 171 106 24
Octal 253 152 30
Hexa #ab #6a #18
Binary 10101011 01101010 00011000
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 38 85 32
Octal 0 46 125 40
Hexa #00 #26 #55 #20
Binary 00000000 00100110 01010101 00100000

Analogous Colors of #ab6a18

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #ab6a18 — which has hue 33.5° — its analogous colors are located at 3.5° and 63.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ab6a18.

Triadic Colors of #ab6a18

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #ab6a18 — which has hue 33.5° — its triadic colors are located at 33.5° and 273.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ab6a18.

Complementary Color of #ab6a18

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #ab6a18 — which has hue 33.5° — its complementary color is located at 213.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ab6a18.

Split Complementary Colors of #ab6a18

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #ab6a18 — which has hue 33.5° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 33.5° and 243.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ab6a18.

Tetradic Colors of #ab6a18

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #ab6a18 — which has hue 33.5° — its tetradic colors are located at 303.5°, 33.5°, 123.5°, and 213.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ab6a18.

Monochromatic Colors of #ab6a18

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #ab6a18, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #503412 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #f29d33 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #ab6a18

We want to make getting started with #ab6a18 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #ab6a18 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #ab6a18 can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #ab6a18 with other HTML elements.

#ab6a18 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #ab6a18.
<span style="color: #ab6a18;">The color of this text is #ab6a18.</span>

#ab6a18 Background Color

The background color for this text is #ab6a18.
<div style="background-color: #ab6a18; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #ab6a18.</div>

#ab6a18 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #ab6a18.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #ab6a18;">This color for the shadow of this text is #ab6a18.</span>

#ab6a18 Border Color

This is a div with border color #ab6a18.
<div style="border: #ab6a18 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #ab6a18.</div>

#ab6a18 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #ab6a18 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #ab6a18; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #ab6a18 on a white background.</div></div>

#ab6a18 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #ab6a18 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #ab6a18; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #ab6a18 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #ab6a18 to White

This is a gradient from #ab6a18 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#ab6a18,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#ab6a18,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#ab6a18,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#ab6a18,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #ab6a18 to white.</div>

Gradient from #ab6a18 to Black

This is a gradient from #ab6a18 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#ab6a18,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#ab6a18,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#ab6a18,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#ab6a18,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #ab6a18 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #ab6a18

In addition to using #ab6a18 on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #ab6a18 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #ab6a18, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 171, Green = 106, Blue = 24). If you need details about the color coordinates of #ab6a18 in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #ab6a18
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(171, 106, 24)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #ab6a18; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #ab6a18; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #ab6a18; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(171, 106, 24);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#ab6a18")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:171, green:106, blue:24, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:171 green:106 blue:24 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(171f, 106f, 24f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(171, 106, 24);
 

#ab6a18 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #ab6a18 the same way. For those with color blindness, #ab6a18 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #ab6a18 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #ab6a18 is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #ab6a18 looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #ab6a18 will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #ab6a18 is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 4.4:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #ab6a18 would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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