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Recognised as Colour

#AE9E4C

  • #AE9E4C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AE9E4C is a yellow with RGB values 174, 158, 76 and HSL 50°, 39%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AE9E4C#AE9E4C
HEX#AE9E4C
RGBrgb(174, 158, 76)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6196, 0.298
RGB percentages68.2%, 62%, 29.8%
HSLhsl(50.2, 39.2%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 56.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 9.2%, 56.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,443,788
CSS custom property--colour: #AE9E4C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.79:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#5161B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AB9A44no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0A050no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#BA948Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.6Olive · ΔE 19.8Burlywood · ΔE 22.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.2Tan · ΔE 24.3Khaki · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4C5CAE
Analogous#AE6D4C, #8DAE4C
Triadic#4CAE9E, #9E4CAE
Split complementary#4C8DAE, #6D4CAE
Tetradic#4CAE6D, #4C5CAE, #AE4C8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEEAD8
Lighter +30%#DED8B5
Lighter +20%#CFC591
Lighter +10%#BFB26E
Darker −10%#8B7E3C
Darker −20%#675E2D
Darker −30%#443D1D
Darker −40%#201D0E
More saturated +25%#CDB32D
Less saturated −25%#8F896B

Channel breakdown

R174
G158
B76
Red174 (68.2%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue76 (29.8%)
Hue50.2°
Saturation (HSL)39.2%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 9E · B 4C

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