Recognised as Colour

#AAA07E

#AAA07E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AAA07E is a yellow with RGB values 170, 160, 126 and HSL 46°, 21%, 58%. 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

#AAA07E#AAA07E

HEX#AAA07E

RGBrgb(170, 160, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6275, 0.4941

RGB percentages66.7%, 62.7%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(46.4, 20.6%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.4, 25.9%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 25.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,182,206

CSS custom property--colour: #AAA07E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.04:1

Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#555F81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79E7Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AAA27Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B19B97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.6 Burlywood · ΔE 18 Dark grey · ΔE 19.5 Silver · ΔE 22.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E88AA

Analogous#AA8A7E, #9EAA7E

Triadic#7EAAA0, #A07EAA

Split complementary#7E9EAA, #8A7EAA

Tetradic#7EAA8A, #7E88AA, #AA7E9E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFBF9

Lighter +30%#E7E4DA

Lighter +20%#D3CDBB

Lighter +10%#BEB79D

Darker −10%#948861

Darker −20%#756C4D

Darker −30%#565039

Darker −40%#373325

More saturated +25%#C5AF63

Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R170

G160

B126

Red170 (66.7%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue46.36°

Saturation (HSL)20.56%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G A0 · B 7E

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