Colour

#AA9812

#AA9812
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AA9812 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 152, 18 and HSL 53°, 81%, 37%. 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

#AA9812#AA9812

HEX#AA9812

RGBrgb(170, 152, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5961, 0.0706

RGB percentages66.7%, 59.6%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(52.9, 80.9%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.9, 89.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 89.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,180,050

CSS custom property--colour: #AA9812;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.21:1

Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#5567ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#AD9A20no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B88C81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 17.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.1 Peru · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1224AA

Analogous#AA4C12, #70AA12

Triadic#12AA98, #9812AA

Split complementary#1270AA, #4C12AA

Tetradic#12AA4C, #1224AA, #AA1270

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4E894

Lighter +30%#EFDF66

Lighter +20%#EAD538

Lighter +10%#D8C117

Darker −10%#7C6F0D

Darker −20%#4E4608

Darker −30%#201C03

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BCA600

Less saturated −25%#938629

Channel breakdown

R170

G152

B18

Red170 (66.7%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue52.89°

Saturation (HSL)80.85%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 98 · B 12

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