Recognised as Colour

#AAA912

#AAA912
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AAA912 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 169, 18 and HSL 60°, 81%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AAA912#AAA912

HEX#AAA912

RGBrgb(170, 169, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6627, 0.0706

RGB percentages66.7%, 66.3%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(59.6, 80.9%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.6, 89.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 0.6%, 89.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,184,402

CSS custom property--colour: #AAA912;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36966WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.39:1

Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#5556ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8A100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9A625no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#B79D90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 18.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 24 Yellow green · ΔE 24.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 18.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1213AA

Analogous#AA5D12, #5FAA12

Triadic#12AAA9, #A912AA

Split complementary#125FAA, #5D12AA

Tetradic#12AA5D, #1213AA, #AA125F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4F394

Lighter +30%#EFEE66

Lighter +20%#EAE938

Lighter +10%#D8D717

Darker −10%#7C7B0D

Darker −20%#4E4D08

Darker −30%#201F03

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BCBB00

Less saturated −25%#939229

Channel breakdown

R170

G169

B18

Red170 (66.7%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue59.61°

Saturation (HSL)80.85%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G A9 · B 12

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