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Recognised as Colour

#AE9D3F

  • #AE9D3F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AE9D3F is a yellow with RGB values 174, 157, 63 and HSL 51°, 47%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AE9D3F#AE9D3F
HEX#AE9D3F
RGBrgb(174, 157, 63)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6157, 0.2471
RGB percentages68.2%, 61.6%, 24.7%
HSLhsl(50.8, 46.8%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 63.8%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 9.8%, 63.8%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,443,519
CSS custom property--colour: #AE9D3F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.69:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#5162C0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AB9934no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B09F44no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BB9289no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 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 text7.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.3Olive · ΔE 16.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.4Goldenrod · ΔE 24.1Olivedrab · ΔE 25.1Burlywood · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3F50AE
Analogous#AE663F, #87AE3F
Triadic#3FAE9D, #9D3FAE
Split complementary#3F87AE, #663FAE
Tetradic#3FAE66, #3F50AE, #AE3F87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE8CC
Lighter +30%#DFD6A7
Lighter +20%#D2C581
Lighter +10%#C4B45C
Darker −10%#897B31
Darker −20%#635924
Darker −30%#3E3816
Darker −40%#181609
More saturated +25%#CCB221
Less saturated −25%#90885D

Channel breakdown

R174
G157
B63
Red174 (68.2%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue63 (24.7%)
Hue50.81°
Saturation (HSL)46.84%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 9D · B 3F

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