Colour

#AA9D5F

#AA9D5F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AA9D5F is a yellow with RGB values 170, 157, 95 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#AA9D5F

RGBrgb(170, 157, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6157, 0.3725

RGB percentages66.7%, 61.6%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(49.6, 30.6%, 52%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 44.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 44.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,181,407

CSS custom property--colour: #AA9D5F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.7:1

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

Contrast with black7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#5562A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89A5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9F61no 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 29.9 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 text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.3 Tan · ΔE 16.9 Burlywood · ΔE 17.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.5 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F6CAA

Analogous#AA785F, #91AA5F

Triadic#5FAA9D, #9D5FAA

Split complementary#5F91AA, #785FAA

Tetradic#5FAA78, #5F6CAA, #AA5F91

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1EFE4

Lighter +30%#DFDAC3

Lighter +20%#CDC6A2

Lighter +10%#BCB180

Darker −10%#8C804A

Darker −20%#6A6239

Darker −30%#494327

Darker −40%#282515

More saturated +25%#C9B140

Less saturated −25%#8B897E

Channel breakdown

R170

G157

B95

Red170 (66.7%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue49.6°

Saturation (HSL)30.61%

Lightness51.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 9D · B 5F

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