Recognised as Colour

#AE9948

#AE9948
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AE9948 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 153, 72 and HSL 48°, 41%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AE9948#AE9948

HEX#AE9948

RGBrgb(174, 153, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6, 0.2824

RGB percentages68.2%, 60%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(47.6, 41.5%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 58.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 12.1%, 58.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,442,504

CSS custom property--colour: #AE9948;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32249WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.45:1

Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#5166B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79640no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9D4Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#BB8F87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.9 Olive · ΔE 19.8 Burlywood · ΔE 22 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.3 Peru · ΔE 24.1 Tan · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#485DAE

Analogous#AE6648, #90AE48

Triadic#48AE99, #9948AE

Split complementary#4890AE, #6648AE

Tetradic#48AE66, #485DAE, #AE4890

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDE8D5

Lighter +30%#DFD5B0

Lighter +20%#D0C28C

Lighter +10%#C1AE68

Darker −10%#8A7939

Darker −20%#665A2A

Darker −30%#423A1B

Darker −40%#1E1A0C

More saturated +25%#CDAB29

Less saturated −25%#8F8767

Channel breakdown

R174

G153

B72

Red174 (68.2%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue47.65°

Saturation (HSL)41.46%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 99 · B 48

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