Recognised as Colour
#AAA20E
- #AAA20E
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Olive
#AAA20E is a yellow with RGB values 170, 162, 14 and HSL 57°, 85%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.
Colour values
#AAA20E#AAA20E
HEX#AAA20E
RGBrgb(170, 162, 14)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6353, 0.0549
RGB percentages66.7%, 63.5%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(56.9, 84.8%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.9, 91.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 4.7%, 91.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,182,606
CSS custom property--colour: #AAA20E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.34418WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#555DF1
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0E16AA
Analogous#AA540E, #64AA0E
Triadic#0EAAA2, #A20EAA
Split complementary#0E64AA, #540EAA
Tetradic#0EAA54, #0E16AA, #AA0E64
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R170
G162
B14
Red170 (66.7%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue56.92°
Saturation (HSL)84.78%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G A2 · B 0E
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