Colour

#A6AA63

#A6AA63
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A6AA63 is a yellow with RGB values 166, 170, 99 and HSL 63°, 29%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A6AA63

RGBrgb(166, 170, 99)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6667, 0.3882

RGB percentages65.1%, 66.7%, 38.8%

HSLhsl(63.4, 29.5%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63.4, 41.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK2.4%, 0%, 41.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,922,595

CSS custom property--colour: #A6AA63;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37757WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.55:1

Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#59559C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4A45Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4A666no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AEA299no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 7.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.8 Tan · ΔE 22 Burlywood · ΔE 22.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.4 Khaki · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 7.3, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6763AA

Analogous#AA8B63, #83AA63

Triadic#63A6AA, #AA63A6

Split complementary#6383AA, #8B63AA

Tetradic#63AA8A, #6763AA, #AA6382

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1F2E7

Lighter +30%#DFE0C6

Lighter +20%#CCCEA5

Lighter +10%#B9BC84

Darker −10%#898D4D

Darker −20%#696C3B

Darker −30%#494B29

Darker −40%#292A17

More saturated +25%#C1C845

Less saturated −25%#8B8C81

Channel breakdown

R166

G170

B99

Red166 (65.1%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue99 (38.8%)

Hue63.38°

Saturation (HSL)29.46%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A6 · G AA · B 63

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Colour values

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