Recognised as Colour
#AAB911
- #AAB911
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Yellow green
#AAB911 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 185, 17 and HSL 65°, 83%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.
Colour values
#AAB911#AAB911
HEX#AAB911
RGBrgb(170, 185, 17)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7255, 0.0667
RGB percentages66.7%, 72.5%, 6.7%
HSLhsl(65.4, 83.2%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65.4, 90.8%, 72.5%)
CMYK8.1%, 0%, 90.8%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,188,497
CSS custom property--colour: #AAB911;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.43284WCAG 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 9.66:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#5546EE
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#2011B9
Analogous#B97411, #56B911
Triadic#11AAB9, #B911AA
Split complementary#1156B9, #7411B9
Tetradic#11B974, #2011B9, #B91156
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R170
G185
B17
Red170 (66.7%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue17 (6.7%)
Hue65.36°
Saturation (HSL)83.17%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AA · G B9 · B 11
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