Recognised as Colour

#AA941B

#AA941B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AA941B is a yellow with RGB values 170, 148, 27 and HSL 51°, 73%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AA941B#AA941B

HEX#AA941B

RGBrgb(170, 148, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5804, 0.1059

RGB percentages66.7%, 58%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(50.8, 72.6%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 84.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 12.9%, 84.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,179,035

CSS custom property--colour: #AA941B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.96:1

Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#556BE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A49000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA9825no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#B8887Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 17.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.5 Peru · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B31AA

Analogous#AA4D1B, #78AA1B

Triadic#1BAA94, #941BAA

Split complementary#1B79AA, #4C1BAA

Tetradic#1BAA4D, #1B31AA, #AA1B79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0E4A1

Lighter +30%#E9D775

Lighter +20%#E2CB49

Lighter +10%#D6BA22

Darker −10%#7E6E14

Darker −20%#52470D

Darker −30%#262106

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C3A502

Less saturated −25%#918334

Channel breakdown

R170

G148

B27

Red170 (66.7%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue50.77°

Saturation (HSL)72.59%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 94 · B 1B

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