Recognised as Colour

#AA981F

#AA981F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AA981F is a yellow with RGB values 170, 152, 31 and HSL 52°, 69%, 39%. 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

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HEX#AA981F

RGBrgb(170, 152, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5961, 0.1216

RGB percentages66.7%, 59.6%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(52.2, 69.2%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 81.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 81.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,180,063

CSS custom property--colour: #AA981F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31101WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.22:1

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

Contrast with black7.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#5567E0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9A29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B88C82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.8 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 text7.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.9 Peru · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F31AA

Analogous#AA531F, #76AA1F

Triadic#1FAA98, #981FAA

Split complementary#1F76AA, #531FAA

Tetradic#1FAA53, #1F31AA, #AA1F76

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFE5A6

Lighter +30%#E7D97B

Lighter +20%#DFCD50

Lighter +10%#D5BF27

Darker −10%#7F7117

Darker −20%#544B0F

Darker −30%#292407

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C3AB06

Less saturated −25%#918538

Channel breakdown

R170

G152

B31

Red170 (66.7%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue52.23°

Saturation (HSL)69.15%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 98 · B 1F

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