Recognised as Colour

#AAA779

#AAA779
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AAA779 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 167, 121 and HSL 56°, 22%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AAA779#AAA779

HEX#AAA779

RGBrgb(170, 167, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6549, 0.4745

RGB percentages66.7%, 65.5%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(56.3, 22.4%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.3, 28.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 1.8%, 28.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,183,993

CSS custom property--colour: #AAA779;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37564WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.51:1

Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#555886

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AFA476no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0A67Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B1A19Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 13.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.3 Burlywood · ΔE 17.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19 Wheat · ΔE 23 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 13.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#797CAA

Analogous#AA8F79, #94AA79

Triadic#79AAA7, #A779AA

Split complementary#7994AA, #8F79AA

Tetradic#79AA8F, #797CAA, #AA7994

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F9F6

Lighter +30%#E5E4D7

Lighter +20%#D2D0B7

Lighter +10%#BEBB98

Darker −10%#93905D

Darker −20%#747149

Darker −30%#545336

Darker −40%#353422

More saturated +25%#C5BF5E

Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R170

G167

B121

Red170 (66.7%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue56.33°

Saturation (HSL)22.37%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G A7 · B 79

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