Colour
#AA9B53
- #AA9B53
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark khaki
#AA9B53 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 155, 83 and HSL 50°, 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
#AA9B53#AA9B53
HEX#AA9B53
RGBrgb(170, 155, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6078, 0.3255
RGB percentages66.7%, 60.8%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(49.7, 34.4%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 51.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 8.8%, 51.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,180,883
CSS custom property--colour: #AA9B53;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.32613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.52:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#5564AC
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5362AA
Analogous#AA6F53, #8DAA53
Triadic#53AA9B, #9B53AA
Split complementary#538DAA, #6F53AA
Tetradic#53AA70, #5362AA, #AA538E
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R170
G155
B83
Red170 (66.7%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue49.66°
Saturation (HSL)34.39%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 9B · B 53
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