Colour

#AA9D65

#AA9D65
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AA9D65 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 157, 101 and HSL 49°, 29%, 53%. 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#AA9D65

RGBrgb(170, 157, 101)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6157, 0.3961

RGB percentages66.7%, 61.6%, 39.6%

HSLhsl(48.7, 28.9%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.7, 40.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 40.6%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,181,413

CSS custom property--colour: #AA9D65;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.336WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.72:1

Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#55629A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89A61no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9F67no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B4958Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.2 Tan · ΔE 14.9 Burlywood · ΔE 16.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.2 Wheat · ΔE 26.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6572AA

Analogous#AA7B65, #94AA65

Triadic#65AA9D, #9D65AA

Split complementary#6595AA, #7A65AA

Tetradic#65AA7B, #6572AA, #AA6595

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3F1E8

Lighter +30%#E0DCC8

Lighter +20%#CEC7A7

Lighter +10%#BCB286

Darker −10%#8E824E

Darker −20%#6D643C

Darker −30%#4C462A

Darker −40%#2B2818

More saturated +25%#C8B047

Less saturated −25%#8C8A83

Channel breakdown

R170

G157

B101

Red170 (66.7%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue101 (39.6%)

Hue48.7°

Saturation (HSL)28.87%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 9D · B 65

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