Recognised as Colour

#AA9711

#AA9711
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AA9711 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 151, 17 and HSL 53°, 82%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AA9711#AA9711

HEX#AA9711

RGBrgb(170, 151, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5922, 0.0667

RGB percentages66.7%, 59.2%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(52.5, 81.8%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 90%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 11.2%, 90%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,179,793

CSS custom property--colour: #AA9711;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.14:1

Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#5568EE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9A1Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B88B80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 17.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.4 Peru · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1124AA

Analogous#AA4B11, #70AA11

Triadic#11AA97, #9711AA

Split complementary#1171AA, #4A11AA

Tetradic#11AA4A, #1124AA, #AA1171

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4E893

Lighter +30%#F0DE64

Lighter +20%#EBD436

Lighter +10%#D8C016

Darker −10%#7C6E0C

Darker −20%#4D4508

Darker −30%#1F1B03

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BBA400

Less saturated −25%#938528

Channel breakdown

R170

G151

B17

Red170 (66.7%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue52.55°

Saturation (HSL)81.82%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 97 · B 11

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