Colour

#AAAD44

#AAAD44
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AAAD44 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 173, 68 and HSL 62°, 44%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AAAD44#AAAD44

HEX#AAAD44

RGBrgb(170, 173, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6784, 0.2667

RGB percentages66.7%, 67.8%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(61.7, 43.6%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(61.7, 60.7%, 67.8%)

CMYK1.7%, 0%, 60.7%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,185,476

CSS custom property--colour: #AAAD44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.77:1

Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#5552BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BAA638no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBA94Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Tritanopia#B5A397no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15 Olive · ΔE 17.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 19.4 Khaki · ΔE 23.6 Yellow green · ΔE 28.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4744AD

Analogous#AD7B44, #75AD44

Triadic#44AAAD, #AD44AA

Split complementary#4475AD, #7C44AD

Tetradic#44AD7C, #4744AD, #AD4475

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECEDD0

Lighter +30%#DDDEAC

Lighter +20%#CED087

Lighter +10%#BFC163

Darker −10%#868836

Darker −20%#626427

Darker −30%#3E3F19

Darker −40%#1A1B0A

More saturated +25%#C6CB26

Less saturated −25%#8E8F62

Channel breakdown

R170

G173

B68

Red170 (66.7%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue61.71°

Saturation (HSL)43.57%

Lightness47.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AA · G AD · B 44

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Colour values

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