Colour

#AE9500

#AE9500
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AE9500 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 149, 0 and HSL 51°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AE9500#AE9500

HEX#AE9500

RGBrgb(174, 149, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5843, 0

RGB percentages68.2%, 58.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(51.4, 100%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 100%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 14.4%, 100%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,441,408

CSS custom property--colour: #AE9500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.1:1

Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#516AFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A69100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9916no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BD887Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

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

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 14.8 Olive · ΔE 17 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.5 Peru · ΔE 30.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 13.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0019AE

Analogous#AE3E00, #70AE00

Triadic#00AE95, #9500AE

Split complementary#0070AE, #3E00AE

Tetradic#00AE3E, #0019AE, #AE0070

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFEC7B

Lighter +30%#FFE548

Lighter +20%#FFDD15

Lighter +10%#E1C100

Darker −10%#7B6900

Darker −20%#483E00

Darker −30%#151200

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AE9500

Less saturated −25%#988516

Channel breakdown

R174

G149

Red174 (68.2%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue51.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 95 · B 00

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