Recognised as Colour

#AA8B20

#AA8B20
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AA8B20 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 139, 32 and HSL 47°, 68%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#AA8B20

RGBrgb(170, 139, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5451, 0.1255

RGB percentages66.7%, 54.5%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(46.5, 68.3%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.5, 81.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 18.2%, 81.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,176,736

CSS custom property--colour: #AA8B20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.42:1

Contrast with white3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.42:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#5574DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B8904no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A39227no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Tritanopia#B97F77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 10.5 Olive · ΔE 15.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.3 Peru · ΔE 22.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.7 Sandy brown · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 10.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#203FAA

Analogous#AA4620, #84AA20

Triadic#20AA8B, #8B20AA

Split complementary#2084AA, #4620AA

Tetradic#20AA46, #203FAA, #AA2084

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFDFA7

Lighter +30%#E6CF7D

Lighter +20%#DEBF52

Lighter +10%#D5AE28

Darker −10%#7F6818

Darker −20%#544510

Darker −30%#292208

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C39907

Less saturated −25%#917D39

Channel breakdown

R170

G139

B32

Red170 (66.7%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue46.52°

Saturation (HSL)68.32%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 8B · B 20

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