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Recognised as Colour

#AA993D

  • #AA993D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AA993D is a yellow with RGB values 170, 153, 61 and HSL 51°, 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

#AA993D#AA993D
HEX#AA993D
RGBrgb(170, 153, 61)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6, 0.2392
RGB percentages66.7%, 60%, 23.9%
HSLhsl(50.6, 47.2%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 64.1%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 10%, 64.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,180,349
CSS custom property--colour: #AA993D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31665WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.33:1
Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#5566C2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A79532no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AC9B42no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B78E85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.8Olive · ΔE 15.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.4Olivedrab · ΔE 24.8Goldenrod · ΔE 25Peru · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3D4EAA
Analogous#AA623D, #85AA3D
Triadic#3DAA99, #993DAA
Split complementary#3D85AA, #623DAA
Tetradic#3DAA62, #3D4EAA, #AA3D85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE6C8
Lighter +30%#DED4A2
Lighter +20%#D0C37D
Lighter +10%#C3B257
Darker −10%#847730
Darker −20%#5F5522
Darker −30%#393415
Darker −40%#141207
More saturated +25%#C7AD20
Less saturated −25%#8D855A

Channel breakdown

R170
G153
B61
Red170 (66.7%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue61 (23.9%)
Hue50.64°
Saturation (HSL)47.19%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 99 · B 3D

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