Colour

#AE9D48

#AE9D48
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AE9D48 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 157, 72 and HSL 50°, 41%, 48%. 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

#AE9D48#AE9D48

HEX#AE9D48

RGBrgb(174, 157, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6157, 0.2824

RGB percentages68.2%, 61.6%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(50, 41.5%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 58.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 58.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,443,528

CSS custom property--colour: #AE9D48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.72:1

Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#5162B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AB993Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AF9F4Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#BA938Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.7 Olive · ΔE 18.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Burlywood · ΔE 23.2 Tan · ΔE 25.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4859AE

Analogous#AE6A48, #8CAE48

Triadic#48AE9D, #9D48AE

Split complementary#488CAE, #6A48AE

Tetradic#48AE6A, #4859AE, #AE488C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDE9D5

Lighter +30%#DFD7B0

Lighter +20%#D0C48C

Lighter +10%#C1B268

Darker −10%#8A7C39

Darker −20%#665C2A

Darker −30%#423B1B

Darker −40%#1E1B0C

More saturated +25%#CDB229

Less saturated −25%#8F8967

Channel breakdown

R174

G157

B72

Red174 (68.2%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)41.46%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 9D · B 48

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