Recognised as Colour
#AA9A53
- #AA9A53
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark khaki
#AA9A53 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 154, 83 and HSL 49°, 34%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.
Colour values
#AA9A53#AA9A53
HEX#AA9A53
RGBrgb(170, 154, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6039, 0.3255
RGB percentages66.7%, 60.4%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(49, 34.4%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49, 51.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 9.4%, 51.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,180,627
CSS custom property--colour: #AA9A53;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.32282WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.46:1
Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#5565AC
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5363AA
Analogous#AA6E53, #8FAA53
Triadic#53AA9A, #9A53AA
Split complementary#538FAA, #6F53AA
Tetradic#53AA6E, #5363AA, #AA538E
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R170
G154
B83
Red170 (66.7%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue48.97°
Saturation (HSL)34.39%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 9A · B 53
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