Recognised as Colour

#AE9232

#AE9232
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AE9232 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 146, 50 and HSL 46°, 55%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AE9232#AE9232

HEX#AE9232

RGBrgb(174, 146, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5725, 0.1961

RGB percentages68.2%, 57.3%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(46.5, 55.4%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.5, 71.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 16.1%, 71.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,440,690

CSS custom property--colour: #AE9232;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29787WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.96:1

Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#516DCD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A29025no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A99837no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Tritanopia#BC867Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.5 Olive · ΔE 16.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.7 Peru · ΔE 21.9 Sandy brown · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 14.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#324EAE

Analogous#AE5432, #8CAE32

Triadic#32AE92, #9232AE

Split complementary#328CAE, #5432AE

Tetradic#32AE54, #324EAE, #AE328C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDE2BF

Lighter +30%#E1D198

Lighter +20%#D6BF70

Lighter +10%#CBAD48

Darker −10%#867127

Darker −20%#5F501B

Darker −30%#372E10

Darker −40%#100D04

More saturated +25%#CAA116

Less saturated −25%#92834E

Channel breakdown

R174

G146

B50

Red174 (68.2%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue46.45°

Saturation (HSL)55.36%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 92 · B 32

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