Recognised as Colour

#AA9E6F

#AA9E6F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AA9E6F is a yellow with RGB values 170, 158, 111 and HSL 48°, 26%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AA9E6F#AA9E6F

HEX#AA9E6F

RGBrgb(170, 158, 111)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6196, 0.4353

RGB percentages66.7%, 62%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(47.8, 25.8%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.8, 34.7%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 34.7%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,181,679

CSS custom property--colour: #AA9E6F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.83:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#556190

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79C6Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABA071no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B39792no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.8 Burlywood · ΔE 16 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.6 Wheat · ΔE 24.8 Navajo white · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)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#6F7BAA

Analogous#AA816F, #99AA6F

Triadic#6FAA9E, #9E6FAA

Split complementary#6F99AA, #816FAA

Tetradic#6FAA81, #6F7BAA, #AA6F99

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F4EF

Lighter +30%#E3DFCF

Lighter +20%#D0C9AF

Lighter +10%#BDB48F

Darker −10%#918555

Darker −20%#716742

Darker −30%#504A30

Darker −40%#302C1D

More saturated +25%#C7AF52

Less saturated −25%#8D8D8C

Channel breakdown

R170

G158

B111

Red170 (66.7%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue47.8°

Saturation (HSL)25.76%

Lightness55.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 9E · B 6F

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