Colour

#AAA179

#AAA179
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AAA179 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 161, 121 and HSL 49°, 22%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AAA179#AAA179

HEX#AAA179

RGBrgb(170, 161, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6314, 0.4745

RGB percentages66.7%, 63.1%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(49, 22.4%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49, 28.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 5.3%, 28.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,182,457

CSS custom property--colour: #AAA179;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.08:1

Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#555E86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A99F76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACA27Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B29B96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.3 Burlywood · ΔE 16.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.9 Dark grey · ΔE 22.5 Wheat · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7982AA

Analogous#AA8979, #9BAA79

Triadic#79AAA1, #A179AA

Split complementary#799BAA, #8979AA

Tetradic#79AA89, #7982AA, #AA799B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F9F6

Lighter +30%#E5E3D7

Lighter +20%#D2CDB7

Lighter +10%#BEB798

Darker −10%#93895D

Darker −20%#746C49

Darker −30%#544F36

Darker −40%#353222

More saturated +25%#C5B25E

Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R170

G161

B121

Red170 (66.7%)

Green161 (63.1%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue48.98°

Saturation (HSL)22.37%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G A1 · B 79

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