Colour

#AE940B

#AE940B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AE940B is a yellow with RGB values 174, 148, 11 and HSL 50°, 88%, 36%. 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

#AE940B#AE940B

HEX#AE940B

RGBrgb(174, 148, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5804, 0.0431

RGB percentages68.2%, 58%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(50.4, 88.1%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 93.7%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 14.9%, 93.7%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,441,163

CSS custom property--colour: #AE940B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.04:1

Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#516BF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A59100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB991Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Tritanopia#BD877Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 14.8 Olive · ΔE 16.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.2 Peru · ΔE 28.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 12.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B25AE

Analogous#AE430B, #76AE0B

Triadic#0BAE94, #940BAE

Split complementary#0B76AE, #430BAE

Tetradic#0BAE43, #0B25AE, #AE0B76

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8E78D

Lighter +30%#F5DD5D

Lighter +20%#F2D22D

Lighter +10%#DEBD0E

Darker −10%#7E6B08

Darker −20%#4E4205

Darker −30%#1E1A02

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B99B00

Less saturated −25%#978422

Channel breakdown

R174

G148

B11

Red174 (68.2%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue50.43°

Saturation (HSL)88.11%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 94 · B 0B

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Colour values

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