Colour

#AAA281

#AAA281
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AAA281 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 162, 129 and HSL 48°, 19%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AAA281#AAA281

HEX#AAA281

RGBrgb(170, 162, 129)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6353, 0.5059

RGB percentages66.7%, 63.5%, 50.6%

HSLhsl(48.3, 19.4%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 24.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 4.7%, 24.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,182,721

CSS custom property--colour: #AAA281;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35972WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.19:1

Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#555D7E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A9A07Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABA382no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B19D99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.9 Burlywood · ΔE 18.5 Dark grey · ΔE 18.6 Silver · ΔE 21.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22 Gray · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8189AA

Analogous#AA8E81, #9EAA81

Triadic#81AAA2, #A281AA

Split complementary#819EAA, #8D81AA

Tetradic#81AA8D, #8189AA, #AA819E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFCFB

Lighter +30%#E8E5DC

Lighter +20%#D3CFBE

Lighter +10%#BFB89F

Darker −10%#948B64

Darker −20%#766E4F

Darker −30%#57523B

Darker −40%#393526

More saturated +25%#C4B267

Less saturated −25%#959595

Channel breakdown

R170

G162

B129

Red170 (66.7%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue129 (50.6%)

Hue48.29°

Saturation (HSL)19.43%

Lightness58.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G A2 · B 81

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