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Recognised as Colour

#AAB273

  • #AAB273
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AAB273 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 178, 115 and HSL 68°, 29%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AAB273#AAB273
HEX#AAB273
RGBrgb(170, 178, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.698, 0.451
RGB percentages66.7%, 69.8%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(67.6, 29%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(67.6, 35.4%, 69.8%)
CMYK4.5%, 0%, 35.4%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,186,803
CSS custom property--colour: #AAB273;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41625WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.32:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#554D8C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBAC6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAAD76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B1ABA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.2Tan · ΔE 19.7Burlywood · ΔE 21Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.3Khaki · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7B73B2
Analogous#B29A73, #8BB273
Triadic#73AAB2, #B273AA
Split complementary#738BB2, #9A73B2
Tetradic#73B29A, #7B73B2, #B2738B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFAF7
Lighter +30%#E6E8D6
Lighter +20%#D2D6B5
Lighter +10%#BEC494
Darker −10%#939C56
Darker −20%#747B44
Darker −30%#555A32
Darker −40%#363920
More saturated +25%#BECD58
Less saturated −25%#96978E

Channel breakdown

R170
G178
B115
Red170 (66.7%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue67.62°
Saturation (HSL)29.03%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AA · G B2 · B 73

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