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Recognised as Colour

#AE9B25

  • #AE9B25
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AE9B25 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 155, 37 and HSL 52°, 65%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AE9B25#AE9B25
HEX#AE9B25
RGBrgb(174, 155, 37)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6078, 0.1451
RGB percentages68.2%, 60.8%, 14.5%
HSLhsl(51.7, 64.9%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 78.7%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 10.9%, 78.7%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,442,981
CSS custom property--colour: #AE9B25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.51:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#5164DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AB9707no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B09E2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BC8F85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.3Goldenrod · ΔE 18.2Dark khaki · ΔE 22.6Olivedrab · ΔE 26.4Peru · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2538AE
Analogous#AE5725, #7DAE25
Triadic#25AE9B, #9B25AE
Split complementary#257DAE, #5625AE
Tetradic#25AE57, #2538AE, #AE257D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEE6B1
Lighter +30%#E5D887
Lighter +20%#DCCB5D
Lighter +10%#D4BD32
Darker −10%#84761C
Darker −20%#5A5013
Darker −30%#302B0A
Darker −40%#060501
More saturated +25%#C8AE0B
Less saturated −25%#94883F

Channel breakdown

R174
G155
B37
Red174 (68.2%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue37 (14.5%)
Hue51.68°
Saturation (HSL)64.93%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 9B · B 25

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