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Recognised as Colour

#AA9845

  • #AA9845
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AA9845 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 152, 69 and HSL 49°, 42%, 47%. 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

#AA9845#AA9845
HEX#AA9845
RGBrgb(170, 152, 69)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5961, 0.2706
RGB percentages66.7%, 59.6%, 27.1%
HSLhsl(49.3, 42.3%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 59.4%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 59.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,180,101
CSS custom property--colour: #AA9845;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.29:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#5567BA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6953Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AA9B49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B68E86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.1Olive · ΔE 18.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.5Burlywood · ΔE 23.4Peru · ΔE 25.4Tan · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4557AA
Analogous#AA6645, #89AA45
Triadic#45AA98, #9845AA
Split complementary#458AAA, #6545AA
Tetradic#45AA66, #4557AA, #AA458A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE7CF
Lighter +30%#DDD4AB
Lighter +20%#CEC187
Lighter +10%#BFAF63
Darker −10%#867836
Darker −20%#615728
Darker −30%#3D3719
Darker −40%#19160A
More saturated +25%#C8AB27
Less saturated −25%#8C8563

Channel breakdown

R170
G152
B69
Red170 (66.7%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue69 (27.1%)
Hue49.31°
Saturation (HSL)42.26%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 98 · B 45

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