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Recognised as Colour

#AAA772

  • #AAA772
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AAA772 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 167, 114 and HSL 57°, 25%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AAA772#AAA772
HEX#AAA772
RGBrgb(170, 167, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6549, 0.4471
RGB percentages66.7%, 65.5%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(56.8, 24.8%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.8, 32.9%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 1.8%, 32.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,183,986
CSS custom property--colour: #AAA772;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.48:1
Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#55588D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0A36Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1A674no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B2A099no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.9Tan · ΔE 14.8Burlywood · ΔE 17.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.8Wheat · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7275AA
Analogous#AA8B72, #91AA72
Triadic#72AAA7, #A772AA
Split complementary#7291AA, #8B72AA
Tetradic#72AA8B, #7275AA, #AA7291

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F6F1
Lighter +30%#E4E3D1
Lighter +20%#D0CFB2
Lighter +10%#BDBB92
Darker −10%#918E58
Darker −20%#726F44
Darker −30%#525031
Darker −40%#32311E
More saturated +25%#C6C056
Less saturated −25%#8E8E8E

Channel breakdown

R170
G167
B114
Red170 (66.7%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue56.79°
Saturation (HSL)24.78%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G A7 · B 72

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