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Colour

#AA9728

  • #AA9728
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AA9728 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 151, 40 and HSL 51°, 62%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AA9728#AA9728
HEX#AA9728
RGBrgb(170, 151, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5922, 0.1569
RGB percentages66.7%, 59.2%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(51.2, 61.9%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 76.5%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 11.2%, 76.5%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,179,816
CSS custom property--colour: #AA9728;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.17:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#5568D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A69312no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AB9A30no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B88B82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.2Goldenrod · ΔE 19.8Dark khaki · ΔE 21.2Olivedrab · ΔE 25.6Peru · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#283BAA
Analogous#AA5628, #7CAA28
Triadic#28AA97, #9728AA
Split complementary#287CAA, #5628AA
Tetradic#28AA56, #283BAA, #AA287C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE4B1
Lighter +30%#E3D688
Lighter +20%#D9C75F
Lighter +10%#D0B935
Darker −10%#81721E
Darker −20%#574E15
Darker −30%#2E290B
Darker −40%#050401
More saturated +25%#C4AA0E
Less saturated −25%#908442

Channel breakdown

R170
G151
B40
Red170 (66.7%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue51.23°
Saturation (HSL)61.9%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 97 · B 28

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