Colour

#AA951D

#AA951D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AA951D is a yellow with RGB values 170, 149, 29 and HSL 51°, 71%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#AA951D

RGBrgb(170, 149, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5843, 0.1137

RGB percentages66.7%, 58.4%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(51.1, 70.9%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 82.9%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 12.4%, 82.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,179,293

CSS custom property--colour: #AA951D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.03:1

Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#556AE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A59100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA9827no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B8897Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 18 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 27 Peru · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D32AA

Analogous#AA4F1D, #79AA1D

Triadic#1DAA95, #951DAA

Split complementary#1D79AA, #4E1DAA

Tetradic#1DAA4F, #1D32AA, #AA1D79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFE4A4

Lighter +30%#E8D778

Lighter +20%#E1CA4C

Lighter +10%#D6BB24

Darker −10%#7E6F16

Darker −20%#53490E

Darker −30%#272207

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C3A604

Less saturated −25%#918436

Channel breakdown

R170

G149

B29

Red170 (66.7%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue51.06°

Saturation (HSL)70.85%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 95 · B 1D

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