Recognised as Colour

#AAA77A

#AAA77A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AAA77A is a yellow with RGB values 170, 167, 122 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

#AAA77A#AAA77A

HEX#AAA77A

RGBrgb(170, 167, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6549, 0.4784

RGB percentages66.7%, 65.5%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(56.3, 22%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.3, 28.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 1.8%, 28.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,183,994

CSS custom property--colour: #AAA77A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37589WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.52:1

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

Contrast with black8.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#555885

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AFA477no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0A67Cno 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 21.5 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 text8.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 13.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.8 Burlywood · ΔE 17.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19 Wheat · ΔE 23 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 13.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A7DAA

Analogous#AA8F7A, #95AA7A

Triadic#7AAAA7, #A77AAA

Split complementary#7A95AA, #8F7AAA

Tetradic#7AAA8F, #7A7DAA, #AA7A95

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF9F6

Lighter +30%#E6E5D7

Lighter +20%#D2D0B8

Lighter +10%#BEBC99

Darker −10%#93905E

Darker −20%#74714A

Darker −30%#555336

Darker −40%#363422

More saturated +25%#C5BF5F

Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R170

G167

B122

Red170 (66.7%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue56.25°

Saturation (HSL)22.02%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G A7 · B 7A

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