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Recognised as Colour

#AA9930

  • #AA9930
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AA9930 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 153, 48 and HSL 52°, 56%, 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

#AA9930#AA9930
HEX#AA9930
RGBrgb(170, 153, 48)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6, 0.1882
RGB percentages66.7%, 60%, 18.8%
HSLhsl(51.6, 56%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 71.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 10%, 71.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,180,336
CSS custom property--colour: #AA9930;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31542WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.5 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#5566CF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A89520no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AC9B37no 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 47.6 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 13.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.9Dark khaki · ΔE 18.8Goldenrod · ΔE 21.6Olivedrab · ΔE 24.5Peru · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3041AA
Analogous#AA5C30, #7EAA30
Triadic#30AA99, #9930AA
Split complementary#307EAA, #5C30AA
Tetradic#30AA5C, #3041AA, #AA307E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE5BA
Lighter +30%#E0D693
Lighter +20%#D5C66B
Lighter +10%#CAB743
Darker −10%#827525
Darker −20%#5A511A
Darker −30%#332E0E
Darker −40%#0B0A03
More saturated +25%#C5AD15
Less saturated −25%#8F854B

Channel breakdown

R170
G153
B48
Red170 (66.7%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue48 (18.8%)
Hue51.64°
Saturation (HSL)55.96%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 99 · B 30

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