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Recognised as Colour

#AE9B2D

  • #AE9B2D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AE9B2D is a yellow with RGB values 174, 155, 45 and HSL 51°, 59%, 43%. 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

#AE9B2D#AE9B2D
HEX#AE9B2D
RGBrgb(174, 155, 45)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6078, 0.1765
RGB percentages68.2%, 60.8%, 17.6%
HSLhsl(51.2, 58.9%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 74.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 10.9%, 74.1%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,442,989
CSS custom property--colour: #AE9B2D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32631WCAG 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 7.53:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#5164D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AA971Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B09E34no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#BC8F86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.9 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 text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.8Goldenrod · ΔE 19.5Dark khaki · ΔE 20.2Olivedrab · ΔE 25.9Peru · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2D40AE
Analogous#AE5A2D, #81AE2D
Triadic#2DAE9B, #9B2DAE
Split complementary#2D81AE, #5A2DAE
Tetradic#2DAE5A, #2D40AE, #AE2D81

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE6BA
Lighter +30%#E3D791
Lighter +20%#D8C869
Lighter +10%#CEB940
Darker −10%#857723
Darker −20%#5D5318
Darker −30%#342F0E
Darker −40%#0C0B03
More saturated +25%#C9AE12
Less saturated −25%#938848

Channel breakdown

R174
G155
B45
Red174 (68.2%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue45 (17.6%)
Hue51.16°
Saturation (HSL)58.9%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 9B · B 2D

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