Recognised as Colour

#AE931A

#AE931A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AE931A is a yellow with RGB values 174, 147, 26 and HSL 49°, 74%, 39%. 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

#AE931A#AE931A

HEX#AE931A

RGBrgb(174, 147, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5765, 0.102

RGB percentages68.2%, 57.6%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(49.1, 74%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 85.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 15.5%, 85.1%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,440,922

CSS custom property--colour: #AE931A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29941WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.99:1

Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#516CE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A49000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA9824no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BD867Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 11.8 Olive · ΔE 15.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 15.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.6 Peru · ΔE 26.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 11.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A35AE

Analogous#AE491A, #7FAE1A

Triadic#1AAE93, #931AAE

Split complementary#1A7FAE, #491AAE

Tetradic#1AAE49, #1A35AE, #AE1A7F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1E3A3

Lighter +30%#EBD576

Lighter +20%#E4C84A

Lighter +10%#DAB821

Darker −10%#826E13

Darker −20%#55480D

Darker −30%#292306

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C7A301

Less saturated −25%#958333

Channel breakdown

R174

G147

B26

Red174 (68.2%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue49.05°

Saturation (HSL)74%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 93 · B 1A

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