Colour

#AA9B48

#AA9B48
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AA9B48 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 155, 72 and HSL 51°, 40%, 47%. 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

#AA9B48#AA9B48

HEX#AA9B48

RGBrgb(170, 155, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6078, 0.2824

RGB percentages66.7%, 60.8%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(50.8, 40.5%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 57.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.8%, 57.6%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,180,872

CSS custom property--colour: #AA9B48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32457WCAG 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 7.49:1

Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#5564B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89740no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9D4Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B69189no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.7 Olive · ΔE 18.5 Burlywood · ΔE 23.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.2 Tan · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4857AA

Analogous#AA6A48, #88AA48

Triadic#48AA9B, #9B48AA

Split complementary#4888AA, #6A48AA

Tetradic#48AA6A, #4857AA, #AA4888

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE8D2

Lighter +30%#DDD6AE

Lighter +20%#CEC38A

Lighter +10%#BEB167

Darker −10%#867A39

Darker −20%#625A2A

Darker −30%#3F391A

Darker −40%#1B180B

More saturated +25%#C8B02A

Less saturated −25%#8C8666

Channel breakdown

R170

G155

B72

Red170 (66.7%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue50.82°

Saturation (HSL)40.5%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 9B · B 48

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