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Recognised as Colour

#AA9003

  • #AA9003
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AA9003 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 144, 3 and HSL 51°, 97%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AA9003#AA9003
HEX#AA9003
RGBrgb(170, 144, 3)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5647, 0.0118
RGB percentages66.7%, 56.5%, 1.2%
HSLhsl(50.7, 96.5%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 98.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 15.3%, 98.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,177,987
CSS custom property--colour: #AA9003;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.7:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#556FFC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A18D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A79516no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B9837Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.1Olive · ΔE 15.6Goldenrod · ΔE 15.6Peru · ΔE 28.6Dark khaki · ΔE 28.8Olivedrab · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 12.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#031DAA
Analogous#AA3D03, #70AA03
Triadic#03AA90, #9003AA
Split complementary#0370AA, #3C03AA
Tetradic#03AA3D, #031DAA, #AA0371

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDE97C
Lighter +30%#FCE04A
Lighter +20%#FBD818
Lighter +10%#DCBA04
Darker −10%#786602
Darker −20%#463B01
Darker −30%#141100
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AD9200
Less saturated −25%#948119

Channel breakdown

R170
G144
B3
Red170 (66.7%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue3 (1.2%)
Hue50.66°
Saturation (HSL)96.53%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 90 · B 03

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