Recognised as Colour

#AE9C3C

#AE9C3C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AE9C3C is a yellow with RGB values 174, 156, 60 and HSL 51°, 49%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AE9C3C#AE9C3C

HEX#AE9C3C

RGBrgb(174, 156, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6118, 0.2353

RGB percentages68.2%, 61.2%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(50.5, 48.7%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 65.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 10.3%, 65.5%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,443,260

CSS custom property--colour: #AE9C3C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33102WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.62:1

Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#5163C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AB9830no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#AF9E41no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#BB9188no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 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 text7.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.4 Olive · ΔE 15.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.3 Peru · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C4EAE

Analogous#AE633C, #87AE3C

Triadic#3CAE9C, #9C3CAE

Split complementary#3C87AE, #633CAE

Tetradic#3CAE63, #3C4EAE, #AE3C87

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDE7C9

Lighter +30%#DFD6A4

Lighter +20%#D2C57E

Lighter +10%#C5B458

Darker −10%#887A2F

Darker −20%#625822

Darker −30%#3C3615

Darker −40%#161408

More saturated +25%#CBB01F

Less saturated −25%#918859

Channel breakdown

R174

G156

B60

Red174 (68.2%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue50.53°

Saturation (HSL)48.72%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 9C · B 3C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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