Colour

#AA9C63

#AA9C63
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AA9C63 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 156, 99 and HSL 48°, 29%, 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

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HEX#AA9C63

RGBrgb(170, 156, 99)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6118, 0.3882

RGB percentages66.7%, 61.2%, 38.8%

HSLhsl(48.2, 29.5%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 41.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 41.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,181,155

CSS custom property--colour: #AA9C63;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.1 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#55639C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A7995Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9E65no 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 27.9 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 13.1 Tan · ΔE 15.3 Burlywood · ΔE 16.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.9 Wheat · ΔE 26.6 Navajo white · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6371AA

Analogous#AA7963, #94AA63

Triadic#63AA9C, #9C63AA

Split complementary#6394AA, #7963AA

Tetradic#63AA79, #6371AA, #AA6394

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2F0E7

Lighter +30%#E0DBC6

Lighter +20%#CEC6A5

Lighter +10%#BCB184

Darker −10%#8D804D

Darker −20%#6C623B

Darker −30%#4B4429

Darker −40%#2A2617

More saturated +25%#C8AE45

Less saturated −25%#8C8A81

Channel breakdown

R170

G156

B99

Red170 (66.7%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue99 (38.8%)

Hue48.17°

Saturation (HSL)29.46%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 9C · B 63

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