Colour

#AA982D

#AA982D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AA982D is a yellow with RGB values 170, 152, 45 and HSL 51°, 58%, 42%. 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#AA982D

RGBrgb(170, 152, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5961, 0.1765

RGB percentages66.7%, 59.6%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(51.4, 58.1%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 73.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 73.5%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,180,077

CSS custom property--colour: #AA982D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31192WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.24:1

Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#5567D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A7941Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9A34no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B78D83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 25 Peru · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D3FAA

Analogous#AA5A2D, #7DAA2D

Triadic#2DAA98, #982DAA

Split complementary#2D7DAA, #5A2DAA

Tetradic#2DAA5A, #2D3FAA, #AA2D7E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE4B7

Lighter +30%#E1D58F

Lighter +20%#D7C666

Lighter +10%#CCB83E

Darker −10%#827422

Darker −20%#595018

Darker −30%#312C0D

Darker −40%#090802

More saturated +25%#C5AB12

Less saturated −25%#8F8548

Channel breakdown

R170

G152

B45

Red170 (66.7%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue51.36°

Saturation (HSL)58.14%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 98 · B 2D

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