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Recognised as Colour

#AE9339

  • #AE9339
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AE9339 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 147, 57 and HSL 46°, 51%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AE9339#AE9339
HEX#AE9339
RGBrgb(174, 147, 57)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5765, 0.2235
RGB percentages68.2%, 57.6%, 22.4%
HSLhsl(46.2, 50.6%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.2, 67.2%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 15.5%, 67.2%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,440,953
CSS custom property--colour: #AE9339;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.03:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#516CC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2912Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9993Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BC8880no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.6Olive · ΔE 17.6Dark khaki · ΔE 17.8Peru · ΔE 21.6Goldenrod · ΔE 22.8Burlywood · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 16.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3954AE
Analogous#AE5839, #8FAE39
Triadic#39AE93, #9339AE
Split complementary#398EAE, #5939AE
Tetradic#39AE58, #3954AE, #AE398E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE4C7
Lighter +30%#E0D1A0
Lighter +20%#D3BF7A
Lighter +10%#C7AC53
Darker −10%#88732C
Darker −20%#615220
Darker −30%#3B3213
Darker −40%#141107
More saturated +25%#CBA31C
Less saturated −25%#918356

Channel breakdown

R174
G147
B57
Red174 (68.2%)
Green147 (57.6%)
Blue57 (22.4%)
Hue46.15°
Saturation (HSL)50.65%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 93 · B 39

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