Colour

#AA9C62

#AA9C62
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AA9C62 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 156, 98 and HSL 48°, 30%, 53%. 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

#AA9C62#AA9C62

HEX#AA9C62

RGBrgb(170, 156, 98)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6118, 0.3843

RGB percentages66.7%, 61.2%, 38.4%

HSLhsl(48.3, 29.8%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 42.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 42.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,181,154

CSS custom property--colour: #AA9C62;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33205WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.64:1

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

Contrast with black7.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#55639D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A7995Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9E64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B4948Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 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 text7.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.8 Tan · ΔE 15.6 Burlywood · ΔE 16.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.1 Wheat · ΔE 26.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6270AA

Analogous#AA7862, #94AA62

Triadic#62AA9C, #9C62AA

Split complementary#6294AA, #7862AA

Tetradic#62AA78, #6270AA, #AA6294

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2EFE6

Lighter +30%#E0DBC5

Lighter +20%#CEC6A4

Lighter +10%#BCB183

Darker −10%#8D804C

Darker −20%#6C623A

Darker −30%#4B4428

Darker −40%#2A2616

More saturated +25%#C8AE44

Less saturated −25%#8C8A80

Channel breakdown

R170

G156

B98

Red170 (66.7%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue98 (38.4%)

Hue48.33°

Saturation (HSL)29.75%

Lightness52.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 9C · B 62

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