Recognised as Colour

#AA9936

#AA9936
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AA9936 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 153, 54 and HSL 51°, 52%, 44%. 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

#AA9936#AA9936

HEX#AA9936

RGBrgb(170, 153, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6, 0.2118

RGB percentages66.7%, 60%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(51.2, 51.8%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 68.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 68.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,180,342

CSS custom property--colour: #AA9936;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31595WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.32:1

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

Contrast with black7.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#5566C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79529no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9B3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B78E85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.8 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 text7.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 23 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.5 Peru · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3647AA

Analogous#AA5F36, #81AA36

Triadic#36AA99, #9936AA

Split complementary#3681AA, #5F36AA

Tetradic#36AA5F, #3647AA, #AA3681

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBE5C1

Lighter +30%#DFD59A

Lighter +20%#D3C573

Lighter +10%#C6B54D

Darker −10%#83762A

Darker −20%#5D531D

Darker −30%#363011

Darker −40%#0F0E05

More saturated +25%#C6AD1A

Less saturated −25%#8E8552

Channel breakdown

R170

G153

B54

Red170 (66.7%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue51.21°

Saturation (HSL)51.79%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 99 · B 36

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