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Colour

#AE9C31

  • #AE9C31
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AE9C31 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 156, 49 and HSL 51°, 56%, 44%. 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

#AE9C31#AE9C31
HEX#AE9C31
RGBrgb(174, 156, 49)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6118, 0.1922
RGB percentages68.2%, 61.2%, 19.2%
HSLhsl(51.4, 56.1%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 71.8%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 10.3%, 71.8%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,443,249
CSS custom property--colour: #AE9C31;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32997WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.6:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#5163CE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AB9820no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B09E38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#BC9087no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.7Dark khaki · ΔE 18.9Goldenrod · ΔE 20.4Olivedrab · ΔE 25.3Peru · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3143AE
Analogous#AE5E31, #81AE31
Triadic#31AE9C, #9C31AE
Split complementary#3181AE, #5D31AE
Tetradic#31AE5E, #3143AE, #AE3182

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE6BE
Lighter +30%#E2D796
Lighter +20%#D6C76F
Lighter +10%#CBB847
Darker −10%#867826
Darker −20%#5E551B
Darker −30%#37310F
Darker −40%#0F0D04
More saturated +25%#CAB015
Less saturated −25%#92884D

Channel breakdown

R174
G156
B49
Red174 (68.2%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue49 (19.2%)
Hue51.36°
Saturation (HSL)56.05%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 9C · B 31

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