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Recognised as Colour

#AA9C44

  • #AA9C44
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AA9C44 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 156, 68 and HSL 52°, 43%, 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

#AA9C44#AA9C44
HEX#AA9C44
RGBrgb(170, 156, 68)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6118, 0.2667
RGB percentages66.7%, 61.2%, 26.7%
HSLhsl(51.8, 42.9%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 60%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 8.2%, 60%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,181,124
CSS custom property--colour: #AA9C44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3274WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.55:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#5563BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9983Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AE9D48no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B69289no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.4Olive · ΔE 17Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.9Olivedrab · ΔE 24.2Burlywood · ΔE 25.1Khaki · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4452AA
Analogous#AA6944, #85AA44
Triadic#44AA9C, #9C44AA
Split complementary#4485AA, #6944AA
Tetradic#44AA69, #4452AA, #AA4485

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE8CE
Lighter +30%#DDD6AA
Lighter +20%#CEC486
Lighter +10%#C0B361
Darker −10%#867B35
Darker −20%#615927
Darker −30%#3D3818
Darker −40%#18160A
More saturated +25%#C8B226
Less saturated −25%#8C8662

Channel breakdown

R170
G156
B68
Red170 (66.7%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue68 (26.7%)
Hue51.76°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 9C · B 44

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