Colour

#AA910B

#AA910B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AA910B is a yellow with RGB values 170, 145, 11 and HSL 51°, 88%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AA910B#AA910B

HEX#AA910B

RGBrgb(170, 145, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5686, 0.0431

RGB percentages66.7%, 56.9%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(50.6, 87.8%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 93.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 14.7%, 93.5%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,178,251

CSS custom property--colour: #AA910B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28821WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.76:1

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

Contrast with black6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#556EF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A18E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8961Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B9847Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.5 Olive · ΔE 15 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.7 Peru · ΔE 28.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 12.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B24AA

Analogous#AA420B, #74AA0B

Triadic#0BAA91, #910BAA

Split complementary#0B74AA, #410BAA

Tetradic#0BAA41, #0B24AA, #AA0B74

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7E68A

Lighter +30%#F4DC5A

Lighter +20%#F1D22A

Lighter +10%#DABA0E

Darker −10%#7A6808

Darker −20%#4A3F05

Darker −30%#1A1602

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B59900

Less saturated −25%#938122

Channel breakdown

R170

G145

B11

Red170 (66.7%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue50.57°

Saturation (HSL)87.85%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 91 · B 0B

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Colour values

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