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Recognised as Colour

#AAA57E

  • #AAA57E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tan

#AAA57E is a yellow with RGB values 170, 165, 126 and HSL 53°, 21%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AAA57E#AAA57E
HEX#AAA57E
RGBrgb(170, 165, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6471, 0.4941
RGB percentages66.7%, 64.7%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(53.2, 20.6%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.2, 25.9%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 2.9%, 25.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,183,486
CSS custom property--colour: #AAA57E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.39:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#555A81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACA27Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEA57Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B1A09Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.8Burlywood · ΔE 17.7Dark khaki · ΔE 19.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 20Dark grey · ΔE 21.5Wheat · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E83AA
Analogous#AA8F7E, #99AA7E
Triadic#7EAAA5, #A57EAA
Split complementary#7E99AA, #8F7EAA
Tetradic#7EAA8F, #7E83AA, #AA7E99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFBF9
Lighter +30%#E7E5DA
Lighter +20%#D3D0BB
Lighter +10%#BEBA9D
Darker −10%#948E61
Darker −20%#75704D
Darker −30%#565339
Darker −40%#373525
More saturated +25%#C5BA63
Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R170
G165
B126
Red170 (66.7%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue53.18°
Saturation (HSL)20.56%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G A5 · B 7E

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