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Recognised as Colour

#AA9A41

  • #AA9A41
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AA9A41 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 154, 65 and HSL 51°, 45%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AA9A41#AA9A41
HEX#AA9A41
RGBrgb(170, 154, 65)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6039, 0.2549
RGB percentages66.7%, 60.4%, 25.5%
HSLhsl(50.9, 44.7%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 61.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 9.4%, 61.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,180,609
CSS custom property--colour: #AA9A41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.41:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#5565BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A89637no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AC9C45no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B69087no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.5Olive · ΔE 16.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.7Olivedrab · ΔE 24.7Burlywood · ΔE 25.5Goldenrod · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4151AA
Analogous#AA6541, #85AA41
Triadic#41AA9A, #9A41AA
Split complementary#4185AA, #6641AA
Tetradic#41AA66, #4151AA, #AA4185

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE7CC
Lighter +30%#DDD5A7
Lighter +20%#CFC382
Lighter +10%#C1B25D
Darker −10%#857933
Darker −20%#605725
Darker −30%#3B3617
Darker −40%#161409
More saturated +25%#C7AE24
Less saturated −25%#8D865E

Channel breakdown

R170
G154
B65
Red170 (66.7%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue65 (25.5%)
Hue50.86°
Saturation (HSL)44.68%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 9A · B 41

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