Recognised as Colour

#AA9C5D

#AA9C5D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AA9C5D is a yellow with RGB values 170, 156, 93 and HSL 49°, 31%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#AA9C5D

RGBrgb(170, 156, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6118, 0.3647

RGB percentages66.7%, 61.2%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(49.1, 31.2%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 45.3%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 45.3%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,181,149

CSS custom property--colour: #AA9C5D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.62:1

Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#5563A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79958no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9E5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B5948Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.3 Tan · ΔE 17.3 Burlywood · ΔE 17.4 Olive · ΔE 26.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27 Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D6BAA

Analogous#AA765D, #91AA5D

Triadic#5DAA9C, #9C5DAA

Split complementary#5D91AA, #765DAA

Tetradic#5DAA76, #5D6BAA, #AA5D91

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0EEE3

Lighter +30%#DFD9C1

Lighter +20%#CDC5A0

Lighter +10%#BCB07E

Darker −10%#8B7F49

Darker −20%#6A6037

Darker −30%#484226

Darker −40%#272314

More saturated +25%#C9B03E

Less saturated −25%#8B887C

Channel breakdown

R170

G156

B93

Red170 (66.7%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)31.17%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 9C · B 5D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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