Recognised as Colour

#AEA16E

#AEA16E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AEA16E is a yellow with RGB values 174, 161, 110 and HSL 48°, 28%, 56%. 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

#AEA16E#AEA16E

HEX#AEA16E

RGBrgb(174, 161, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6314, 0.4314

RGB percentages68.2%, 63.1%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(47.8, 28.3%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.8, 36.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 36.8%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,444,590

CSS custom property--colour: #AEA16E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35614WCAG 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#515E91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AB9E6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFA370no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B79A94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 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 12.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.4 Burlywood · ΔE 14.8 Wheat · ΔE 23.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 24 Navajo white · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6E7BAE

Analogous#AE816E, #9BAE6E

Triadic#6EAEA1, #A16EAE

Split complementary#6E9BAE, #816EAE

Tetradic#6EAE81, #6E7BAE, #AE6E9B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F6F1

Lighter +30%#E5E1D0

Lighter +20%#D3CBAF

Lighter +10%#C0B68F

Darker −10%#958854

Darker −20%#756A41

Darker −30%#544D2F

Darker −40%#332F1D

More saturated +25%#CAB252

Less saturated −25%#92908A

Channel breakdown

R174

G161

B110

Red174 (68.2%)

Green161 (63.1%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue47.81°

Saturation (HSL)28.32%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G A1 · B 6E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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