Recognised as Colour

#AAAA73

#AAAA73
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AAAA73 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 170, 115 and HSL 60°, 24%, 56%. 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

#AAAA73#AAAA73

HEX#AAAA73

RGBrgb(170, 170, 115)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6667, 0.451

RGB percentages66.7%, 66.7%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(60, 24.4%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 32.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 32.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,184,755

CSS custom property--colour: #AAAA73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.71:1

Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#55558C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3A66Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4A875no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B2A39Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.9 Tan · ΔE 15.8 Burlywood · ΔE 18.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Wheat · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.95, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7373AA

Analogous#AA8F73, #8FAA73

Triadic#73AAAA, #AA73AA

Split complementary#738FAA, #8F73AA

Tetradic#73AA8F, #7373AA, #AA738F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F7F2

Lighter +30%#E4E4D2

Lighter +20%#D1D1B2

Lighter +10%#BDBD93

Darker −10%#929258

Darker −20%#727245

Darker −30%#525232

Darker −40%#32321F

More saturated +25%#C6C657

Less saturated −25%#8F8F8F

Channel breakdown

R170

G170

B115

Red170 (66.7%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)24.44%

Lightness55.88%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR AA · G AA · B 73

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