Recognised as Colour

#AA952F

#AA952F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AA952F is a yellow with RGB values 170, 149, 47 and HSL 50°, 57%, 43%. 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

#AA952F#AA952F

HEX#AA952F

RGBrgb(170, 149, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5843, 0.1843

RGB percentages66.7%, 58.4%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(49.8, 56.7%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 72.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 12.4%, 72.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,179,311

CSS custom property--colour: #AA952F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.05:1

Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#556AD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A4911Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA9835no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B88A81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Peru · ΔE 25.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F44AA

Analogous#AA572F, #82AA2F

Triadic#2FAA95, #952FAA

Split complementary#2F82AA, #572FAA

Tetradic#2FAA57, #2F44AA, #AA2F82

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE3B9

Lighter +30%#E1D391

Lighter +20%#D6C369

Lighter +10%#CBB341

Darker −10%#827224

Darker −20%#5A4F19

Darker −30%#322C0E

Darker −40%#0A0903

More saturated +25%#C5A714

Less saturated −25%#8F834A

Channel breakdown

R170

G149

B47

Red170 (66.7%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue49.76°

Saturation (HSL)56.68%

Lightness42.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 95 · B 2F

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