Colour
#AAA79A
- #AAA79A
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark grey
#AAA79A is a yellow with RGB values 170, 167, 154 and HSL 49°, 9%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.
Colour values
#AAA79A#AAA79A
HEX#AAA79A
RGBrgb(170, 167, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6549, 0.6039
RGB percentages66.7%, 65.5%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(48.8, 8.6%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 9.4%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 1.8%, 9.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,184,026
CSS custom property--colour: #AAA79A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.38517WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.7:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#555865
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#9A9DAA
Analogous#AA9F9A, #A5AA9A
Triadic#9AAAA7, #A79AAA
Split complementary#9AA5AA, #9F9AAA
Tetradic#9AAA9F, #9A9DAA, #AA9AA5
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R170
G167
B154
Red170 (66.7%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue48.75°
Saturation (HSL)8.6%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G A7 · B 9A
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