Colour

#AA930B

#AA930B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AA930B is a yellow with RGB values 170, 147, 11 and HSL 51°, 88%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AA930B#AA930B

HEX#AA930B

RGBrgb(170, 147, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5765, 0.0431

RGB percentages66.7%, 57.6%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(51.3, 87.8%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 93.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 13.5%, 93.5%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,178,763

CSS custom property--colour: #AA930B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.89:1

Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#556CF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A38F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9971Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B8877Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.7 Olive · ΔE 14.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 29 Peru · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 13.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B22AA

Analogous#AA430B, #71AA0B

Triadic#0BAA93, #930BAA

Split complementary#0B72AA, #430BAA

Tetradic#0BAA43, #0B22AA, #AA0B72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7E88A

Lighter +30%#F4DE5A

Lighter +20%#F1D42A

Lighter +10%#DABC0E

Darker −10%#7A6A08

Darker −20%#4A4005

Darker −30%#1A1702

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B59B00

Less saturated −25%#938322

Channel breakdown

R170

G147

B11

Red170 (66.7%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue51.32°

Saturation (HSL)87.85%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 93 · B 0B

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Colour values

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