Recognised as Colour

#AABA22

#AABA22
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Yellow green

#AABA22 is a yellow with RGB values 170, 186, 34 and HSL 66°, 69%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#AABA22#AABA22

HEX#AABA22

RGBrgb(170, 186, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7294, 0.1333

RGB percentages66.7%, 72.9%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(66.3, 69.1%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.3, 81.7%, 72.9%)

CMYK8.6%, 0%, 81.7%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,188,770

CSS custom property--colour: #AABA22;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.76:1

Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#5545DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8B000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6B232no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B5AF9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 15.4 Olive · ΔE 25.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 31.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.8 Khaki · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 15.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3222BA

Analogous#BA7E22, #5EBA22

Triadic#22AABA, #BA22AA

Split complementary#225EBA, #7E22BA

Tetradic#22BA7E, #3222BA, #BA225E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBF2B6

Lighter +30%#E0EA8B

Lighter +20%#D4E260

Lighter +10%#C9DA35

Darker −10%#838F1A

Darker −20%#5B6412

Darker −30%#34390A

Darker −40%#0C0E02

More saturated +25%#C0D507

Less saturated −25%#949F3D

Channel breakdown

R170

G186

B34

Red170 (66.7%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue66.32°

Saturation (HSL)69.09%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AA · G BA · B 22

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Colour values

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