Recognised as Colour

#AAA97E

#AAA97E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AAA97E is a yellow with RGB values 170, 169, 126 and HSL 59°, 21%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AAA97E#AAA97E

HEX#AAA97E

RGBrgb(170, 169, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6627, 0.4941

RGB percentages66.7%, 66.3%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(58.6, 20.6%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.6, 25.9%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 0.6%, 25.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,184,510

CSS custom property--colour: #AAA97E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.69:1

Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#555681

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0A57Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A880no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B1A39Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 13.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.8 Burlywood · ΔE 18 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18 Wheat · ΔE 22.6 Dark grey · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 13.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E7FAA

Analogous#AA937E, #95AA7E

Triadic#7EAAA9, #A97EAA

Split complementary#7E95AA, #937EAA

Tetradic#7EAA93, #7E7FAA, #AA7E95

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFBF9

Lighter +30%#E7E6DA

Lighter +20%#D3D2BB

Lighter +10%#BEBD9D

Darker −10%#949361

Darker −20%#75744D

Darker −30%#565639

Darker −40%#373725

More saturated +25%#C5C363

Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R170

G169

B126

Red170 (66.7%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue58.64°

Saturation (HSL)20.56%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G A9 · B 7E

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