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Recognised as Colour

#AE9D23

  • #AE9D23
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AE9D23 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 157, 35 and HSL 53°, 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

#AE9D23#AE9D23
HEX#AE9D23
RGBrgb(174, 157, 35)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6157, 0.1373
RGB percentages68.2%, 61.6%, 13.7%
HSLhsl(52.7, 66.5%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 79.9%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 9.8%, 79.9%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,443,491
CSS custom property--colour: #AE9D23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.65:1
Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#5162DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AD9800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B19F2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#BC9186no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.4Goldenrod · ΔE 18.3Dark khaki · ΔE 23.3Olivedrab · ΔE 26.1Khaki · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2334AE
Analogous#AE5823, #79AE23
Triadic#23AE9D, #9D23AE
Split complementary#2379AE, #5723AE
Tetradic#23AE58, #2334AE, #AE237A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE7AE
Lighter +30%#E6DA84
Lighter +20%#DECD59
Lighter +10%#D5C12F
Darker −10%#84771A
Darker −20%#595012
Darker −30%#2F2A09
Darker −40%#040401
More saturated +25%#C8B109
Less saturated −25%#94893D

Channel breakdown

R174
G157
B35
Red174 (68.2%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue35 (13.7%)
Hue52.66°
Saturation (HSL)66.51%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 9D · B 23

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