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Recognised as Colour

#AA9142

  • #AA9142
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AA9142 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 145, 66 and HSL 46°, 44%, 46%. 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 khaki.

Colour values

#AA9142#AA9142
HEX#AA9142
RGBrgb(170, 145, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5686, 0.2588
RGB percentages66.7%, 56.9%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(45.6, 44.1%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.6, 61.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 14.7%, 61.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,178,306
CSS custom property--colour: #AA9142;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.84:1
Contrast with white3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#556EBD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F8F3Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A69645no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B78680no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16Olive · ΔE 19.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.9Peru · ΔE 21.9Burlywood · ΔE 22.8Tan · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#425BAA
Analogous#AA5D42, #8FAA42
Triadic#42AA91, #9142AA
Split complementary#428FAA, #5D42AA
Tetradic#42AA5D, #425BAA, #AA428F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE4CD
Lighter +30%#DDD0A8
Lighter +20%#CFBD83
Lighter +10%#C1A95E
Darker −10%#857234
Darker −20%#615225
Darker −30%#3C3317
Darker −40%#171409
More saturated +25%#C7A025
Less saturated −25%#8C8260

Channel breakdown

R170
G145
B66
Red170 (66.7%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue45.58°
Saturation (HSL)44.07%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 91 · B 42

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