Colour

#AA992F

#AA992F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AA992F is a yellow with RGB values 170, 153, 47 and HSL 52°, 57%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AA992F#AA992F

HEX#AA992F

RGBrgb(170, 153, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6, 0.1843

RGB percentages66.7%, 60%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(51.7, 56.7%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 72.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 72.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,180,335

CSS custom property--colour: #AA992F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31534WCAG 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 7.31:1

Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#5566D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8951Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#AD9B36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B78E84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.5 Peru · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F40AA

Analogous#AA5B2F, #7DAA2F

Triadic#2FAA99, #992FAA

Split complementary#2F7DAA, #5C2FAA

Tetradic#2FAA5C, #2F40AA, #AA2F7D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE5B9

Lighter +30%#E1D691

Lighter +20%#D6C769

Lighter +10%#CBB841

Darker −10%#827524

Darker −20%#5A5119

Darker −30%#322D0E

Darker −40%#0A0903

More saturated +25%#C5AD14

Less saturated −25%#8F854A

Channel breakdown

R170

G153

B47

Red170 (66.7%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue51.71°

Saturation (HSL)56.68%

Lightness42.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 99 · B 2F

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