Recognised as Colour

#AEA16D

#AEA16D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AEA16D is a yellow with RGB values 174, 161, 109 and HSL 48°, 29%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AEA16D#AEA16D

HEX#AEA16D

RGBrgb(174, 161, 109)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6314, 0.4275

RGB percentages68.2%, 63.1%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(48, 28.6%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 37.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 37.4%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,444,589

CSS custom property--colour: #AEA16D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.12:1

Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#515E92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AB9E69no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFA36Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B89A94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.9 Burlywood · ΔE 14.9 Wheat · ΔE 24.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.1 Navajo white · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D7AAE

Analogous#AE816D, #9BAE6D

Triadic#6DAEA1, #A16DAE

Split complementary#6D9BAE, #816DAE

Tetradic#6DAE81, #6D7AAE, #AE6D9B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F5F0

Lighter +30%#E5E0CF

Lighter +20%#D2CBAF

Lighter +10%#C0B68E

Darker −10%#958853

Darker −20%#746A41

Darker −30%#544C2E

Darker −40%#332E1C

More saturated +25%#CAB251

Less saturated −25%#929089

Channel breakdown

R174

G161

B109

Red174 (68.2%)

Green161 (63.1%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)28.63%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G A1 · B 6D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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