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Recognised as Colour

#AE952B

  • #AE952B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AE952B is a yellow with RGB values 174, 149, 43 and HSL 49°, 60%, 43%. 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

#AE952B#AE952B
HEX#AE952B
RGBrgb(174, 149, 43)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5843, 0.1686
RGB percentages68.2%, 58.4%, 16.9%
HSLhsl(48.5, 60.4%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 75.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 14.4%, 75.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,441,451
CSS custom property--colour: #AE952B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.13:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#516AD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A59218no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AB9A32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#BC8980no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14Olive · ΔE 15.1Goldenrod · ΔE 18.7Dark khaki · ΔE 21.2Peru · ΔE 24.7Olivedrab · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 13.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2B44AE
Analogous#AE542B, #85AE2B
Triadic#2BAE95, #952BAE
Split complementary#2B85AE, #542BAE
Tetradic#2BAE54, #2B44AE, #AE2B85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE3B8
Lighter +30%#E3D38F
Lighter +20%#D9C366
Lighter +10%#CFB33D
Darker −10%#857221
Darker −20%#5C4F17
Darker −30%#332C0D
Darker −40%#0A0903
More saturated +25%#C9A610
Less saturated −25%#938446

Channel breakdown

R174
G149
B43
Red174 (68.2%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue43 (16.9%)
Hue48.55°
Saturation (HSL)60.37%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 95 · B 2B

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