Colour
#AAA696
- #AAA696
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark grey
#AAA696 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 166, 150 and HSL 48°, 11%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.
Colour values
#AAA696#AAA696
HEX#AAA696
RGBrgb(170, 166, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.651, 0.5882
RGB percentages66.7%, 65.1%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(48, 10.5%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48, 11.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 2.4%, 11.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,183,766
CSS custom property--colour: #AAA696;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.3802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.6:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#555969
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#969AAA
Analogous#AA9C96, #A4AA96
Triadic#96AAA6, #A696AA
Split complementary#96A4AA, #9C96AA
Tetradic#96AA9C, #969AAA, #AA96A4
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R170
G166
B150
Red170 (66.7%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue48°
Saturation (HSL)10.53%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G A6 · B 96
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