Recognised as Colour

#AA951E

#AA951E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AA951E is a yellow with RGB values 170, 149, 30 and HSL 51°, 70%, 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#AA951E

RGBrgb(170, 149, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5843, 0.1176

RGB percentages66.7%, 58.4%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(51, 70%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 82.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 12.4%, 82.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,179,294

CSS custom property--colour: #AA951E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30135WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.6 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#556AE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A59100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA9827no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B8897Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.7 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 18.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.9 Peru · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E33AA

Analogous#AA4F1E, #79AA1E

Triadic#1EAA95, #951EAA

Split complementary#1E79AA, #4F1EAA

Tetradic#1EAA4F, #1E33AA, #AA1E79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFE4A5

Lighter +30%#E7D77A

Lighter +20%#E0CA4E

Lighter +10%#D5BB26

Darker −10%#7F6F16

Darker −20%#53490F

Darker −30%#282307

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C3A705

Less saturated −25%#918437

Channel breakdown

R170

G149

B30

Red170 (66.7%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue51°

Saturation (HSL)70%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 95 · B 1E

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