Colour

#AA983D

#AA983D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AA983D is a yellow with RGB values 170, 152, 61 and HSL 50°, 47%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#AA983D

RGBrgb(170, 152, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5961, 0.2392

RGB percentages66.7%, 59.6%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(50.1, 47.2%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 64.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 64.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,180,093

CSS custom property--colour: #AA983D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.27:1

Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#5567C2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A69432no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9B42no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B78D85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.9 Olive · ΔE 15.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 25 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.2 Peru · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.95, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3D4FAA

Analogous#AA623D, #85AA3D

Triadic#3DAA98, #983DAA

Split complementary#3D85AA, #623DAA

Tetradic#3DAA62, #3D4FAA, #AA3D85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBE5C8

Lighter +30%#DED4A2

Lighter +20%#D0C27D

Lighter +10%#C3B157

Darker −10%#847630

Darker −20%#5F5522

Darker −30%#393315

Darker −40%#141207

More saturated +25%#C7AB20

Less saturated −25%#8D855A

Channel breakdown

R170

G152

B61

Red170 (66.7%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue50.09°

Saturation (HSL)47.19%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 98 · B 3D

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