Colour

#AAAA66

#AAAA66
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AAAA66 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 170, 102 and HSL 60°, 29%, 53%. 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 khaki.

Colour values

#AAAA66#AAAA66

HEX#AAAA66

HEX (short)#AA6

RGBrgb(170, 170, 102)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6667, 0.4

RGB percentages66.7%, 66.7%, 40%

HSLhsl(60, 28.6%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 40%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 40%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,184,742

CSS custom property--colour: #AAAA66;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38255WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.65:1

Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#555599

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4A561no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5A869no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Tritanopia#B3A299no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6.9 Tan · ΔE 19.8 Burlywood · ΔE 20.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.5 Khaki · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6666AA

Analogous#AA8866, #88AA66

Triadic#66AAAA, #AA66AA

Split complementary#6688AA, #8866AA

Tetradic#66AA88, #6666AA, #AA6688

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3F3E9

Lighter +30%#E1E1C8

Lighter +20%#CECEA8

Lighter +10%#BCBC87

Darker −10%#8E8E4F

Darker −20%#6D6D3D

Darker −30%#4D4D2B

Darker −40%#2C2C18

More saturated +25%#C8C848

Less saturated −25%#8C8C84

Channel breakdown

R170

G170

B102

Red170 (66.7%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue102 (40%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)28.57%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR AA · G AA · B 66

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