Colour

#AA9D5E

#AA9D5E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AA9D5E is a yellow with RGB values 170, 157, 94 and HSL 50°, 31%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#AA9D5E

RGBrgb(170, 157, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6157, 0.3686

RGB percentages66.7%, 61.6%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(49.7, 30.9%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 44.7%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 44.7%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,181,406

CSS custom property--colour: #AA9D5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.69:1

Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#5562A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89A59no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9F60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B4958Eno 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 text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11 Tan · ΔE 17.3 Burlywood · ΔE 17.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.7 Olive · ΔE 26.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E6BAA

Analogous#AA775E, #91AA5E

Triadic#5EAA9D, #9D5EAA

Split complementary#5E91AA, #775EAA

Tetradic#5EAA77, #5E6BAA, #AA5E91

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0EEE4

Lighter +30%#DFDAC2

Lighter +20%#CDC6A1

Lighter +10%#BCB17F

Darker −10%#8B804A

Darker −20%#6A6138

Darker −30%#494326

Darker −40%#272415

More saturated +25%#C9B13F

Less saturated −25%#8B897D

Channel breakdown

R170

G157

B94

Red170 (66.7%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue49.74°

Saturation (HSL)30.89%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 9D · B 5E

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