Recognised as Colour

#AE951B

#AE951B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AE951B is a yellow with RGB values 174, 149, 27 and HSL 50°, 73%, 39%. 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

#AE951B#AE951B

HEX#AE951B

RGBrgb(174, 149, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5843, 0.1059

RGB percentages68.2%, 58.4%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(49.8, 73.1%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 84.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 14.4%, 84.5%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,441,435

CSS custom property--colour: #AE951B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30573WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.11:1

Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#516AE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A59200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9A25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#BD897Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.9 Olive · ΔE 15.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 16 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.3 Peru · ΔE 27.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 12.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B34AE

Analogous#AE4B1B, #7EAE1B

Triadic#1BAE95, #951BAE

Split complementary#1B7DAE, #4C1BAE

Tetradic#1BAE4C, #1B34AE, #AE1B7D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1E4A4

Lighter +30%#EAD778

Lighter +20%#E3C94C

Lighter +10%#DABB22

Darker −10%#826F14

Darker −20%#56490D

Darker −30%#2A2406

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C7A602

Less saturated −25%#958434

Channel breakdown

R174

G149

B27

Red174 (68.2%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue49.8°

Saturation (HSL)73.13%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 95 · B 1B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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