Colour

#AE9D39

#AE9D39
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AE9D39 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 157, 57 and HSL 51°, 51%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AE9D39#AE9D39

HEX#AE9D39

RGBrgb(174, 157, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6157, 0.2235

RGB percentages68.2%, 61.6%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(51.3, 50.6%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 67.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 67.2%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,443,513

CSS custom property--colour: #AE9D39;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.68:1

Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#5162C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC992Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B09F3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BB9288no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.9 Khaki · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#394AAE

Analogous#AE6239, #85AE39

Triadic#39AE9D, #9D39AE

Split complementary#3985AE, #6239AE

Tetradic#39AE62, #394AAE, #AE3985

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE7C7

Lighter +30%#E0D7A0

Lighter +20%#D3C67A

Lighter +10%#C7B653

Darker −10%#887A2C

Darker −20%#615820

Darker −30%#3B3513

Darker −40%#141207

More saturated +25%#CBB11C

Less saturated −25%#918956

Channel breakdown

R174

G157

B57

Red174 (68.2%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue51.28°

Saturation (HSL)50.65%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 9D · B 39

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#AE9D39

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else