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Recognised as Colour

#AA8801

  • #AA8801
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AA8801 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 136, 1 and HSL 48°, 99%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AA8801#AA8801
HEX#AA8801
RGBrgb(170, 136, 1)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5333, 0.0039
RGB percentages66.7%, 53.3%, 0.4%
HSLhsl(47.9, 98.8%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.9, 99.4%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 20%, 99.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,175,937
CSS custom property--colour: #AA8801;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.23:1
Contrast with white3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#5577FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#998600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A29012no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B97B73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 7.7Goldenrod · ΔE 15.3Olive · ΔE 17.6Peru · ΔE 24.6Dark khaki · ΔE 30.2Sandy brown · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 7.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0123AA
Analogous#AA3301, #78AA01
Triadic#01AA88, #8801AA
Split complementary#0177AA, #3401AA
Tetradic#01AA33, #0123AA, #AA0177

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEE379
Lighter +30%#FED946
Lighter +20%#FECE13
Lighter +10%#DDB101
Darker −10%#775F01
Darker −20%#453700
Darker −30%#120E00
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AB8900
Less saturated −25%#957B16

Channel breakdown

R170
G136
B1
Red170 (66.7%)
Green136 (53.3%)
Blue1 (0.4%)
Hue47.93°
Saturation (HSL)98.83%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 88 · B 01

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