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Recognised as Colour

#AE9C23

  • #AE9C23
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AE9C23 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 156, 35 and HSL 52°, 67%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AE9C23#AE9C23
HEX#AE9C23
RGBrgb(174, 156, 35)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6118, 0.1373
RGB percentages68.2%, 61.2%, 13.7%
HSLhsl(52.2, 66.5%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 79.9%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 10.3%, 79.9%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,443,235
CSS custom property--colour: #AE9C23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.58:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#5163DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AC9700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B19E2Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BC9086no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.8Goldenrod · ΔE 18.1Dark khaki · ΔE 23.2Olivedrab · ΔE 26.3Peru · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2335AE
Analogous#AE5723, #7AAE23
Triadic#23AE9C, #9C23AE
Split complementary#237AAE, #5723AE
Tetradic#23AE57, #2335AE, #AE237A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE6AE
Lighter +30%#E6D984
Lighter +20%#DECD59
Lighter +10%#D5C02F
Darker −10%#84761A
Darker −20%#595012
Darker −30%#2F2A09
Darker −40%#040401
More saturated +25%#C8AF09
Less saturated −25%#94893D

Channel breakdown

R174
G156
B35
Red174 (68.2%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue35 (13.7%)
Hue52.23°
Saturation (HSL)66.51%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 9C · B 23

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