Recognised as Colour
#AAA60E
- #AAA60E
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Olive
#AAA60E is a yellow with RGB values 170, 166, 14 and HSL 58°, 85%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.
Colour values
#AAA60E#AAA60E
HEX#AAA60E
RGBrgb(170, 166, 14)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.651, 0.0549
RGB percentages66.7%, 65.1%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(58.5, 84.8%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.5, 91.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 2.4%, 91.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,183,630
CSS custom property--colour: #AAA60E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.3585WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.17:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#5559F1
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0E12AA
Analogous#AA580E, #60AA0E
Triadic#0EAAA6, #A60EAA
Split complementary#0E60AA, #580EAA
Tetradic#0EAA58, #0E12AA, #AA0E60
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R170
G166
B14
Red170 (66.7%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue58.46°
Saturation (HSL)84.78%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G A6 · B 0E
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