Recognised as Colour

#AAA072

#AAA072
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AAA072 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 160, 114 and HSL 49°, 25%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AAA072#AAA072

HEX#AAA072

RGBrgb(170, 160, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6275, 0.4471

RGB percentages66.7%, 62.7%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(49.3, 24.8%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 32.9%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 32.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,182,194

CSS custom property--colour: #AAA072;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34903WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1

Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#555F8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A99D6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACA174no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B29994no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.7 Burlywood · ΔE 16.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.8 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.5 Wheat · ΔE 24.2 Dark grey · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#727CAA

Analogous#AA8472, #98AA72

Triadic#72AAA0, #A072AA

Split complementary#7298AA, #8472AA

Tetradic#72AA84, #727CAA, #AA7298

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F6F1

Lighter +30%#E4E0D1

Lighter +20%#D0CBB2

Lighter +10%#BDB592

Darker −10%#918758

Darker −20%#726944

Darker −30%#524C31

Darker −40%#322E1E

More saturated +25%#C6B256

Less saturated −25%#8E8E8E

Channel breakdown

R170

G160

B114

Red170 (66.7%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue49.29°

Saturation (HSL)24.78%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G A0 · B 72

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