Recognised as Colour

#A1AE40

#A1AE40
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#A1AE40 is a yellow with RGB values 161, 174, 64 and HSL 67°, 46%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

#A1AE40#A1AE40

HEX#A1AE40

RGBrgb(161, 174, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.6824, 0.251

RGB percentages63.1%, 68.2%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(67.1, 46.2%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.1, 63.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK7.5%, 0%, 63.2%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,595,904

CSS custom property--colour: #A1AE40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.64:1

Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#5E51BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BAA532no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9A747no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Tritanopia#ABA497no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 16.4 Olive · ΔE 18 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.3 Yellow green · ΔE 24.3 Khaki · ΔE 25.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 16.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4D40AE

Analogous#AE8440, #6AAE40

Triadic#40A1AE, #AE40A1

Split complementary#406AAE, #8440AE

Tetradic#40AE84, #4D40AE, #AE406A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9EDCD

Lighter +30%#D8DFA8

Lighter +20%#C8D183

Lighter +10%#B7C45D

Darker −10%#7E8932

Darker −20%#5C6325

Darker −30%#393E17

Darker −40%#171909

More saturated +25%#B8CC22

Less saturated −25%#8A905E

Channel breakdown

R161

G174

B64

Red161 (63.1%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue67.09°

Saturation (HSL)46.22%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A1 · G AE · B 40

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