Colour

#AE9B36

#AE9B36
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AE9B36 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 155, 54 and HSL 50°, 53%, 45%. 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

#AE9B36#AE9B36

HEX#AE9B36

RGBrgb(174, 155, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6078, 0.2118

RGB percentages68.2%, 60.8%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(50.5, 52.6%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 69%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 10.9%, 69%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,442,998

CSS custom property--colour: #AE9B36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.54:1

Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#5164C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AA9728no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AF9E3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#BB9086no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.6 Peru · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3649AE

Analogous#AE5F36, #85AE36

Triadic#36AE9B, #9B36AE

Split complementary#3685AE, #5F36AE

Tetradic#36AE5F, #3649AE, #AE3685

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDE6C3

Lighter +30%#E0D69D

Lighter +20%#D4C576

Lighter +10%#C8B54F

Darker −10%#87782A

Darker −20%#60561E

Darker −30%#393312

Darker −40%#121006

More saturated +25%#CBAE1A

Less saturated −25%#928853

Channel breakdown

R174

G155

B54

Red174 (68.2%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue50.5°

Saturation (HSL)52.63%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 9B · B 36

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