Recognised as Colour
#AEA206
- #AEA206
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Olive
#AEA206 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 162, 6 and HSL 56°, 93%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.
Colour values
#AEA206#AEA206
HEX#AEA206
RGBrgb(174, 162, 6)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6353, 0.0235
RGB percentages68.2%, 63.5%, 2.4%
HSLhsl(55.7, 93.3%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.7, 96.6%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 6.9%, 96.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,444,742
CSS custom property--colour: #AEA206;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.34852WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.97:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#515DF9
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0612AE
Analogous#AE4E06, #66AE06
Triadic#06AEA2, #A206AE
Split complementary#0666AE, #4E06AE
Tetradic#06AE4E, #0612AE, #AE0666
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R174
G162
B6
Red174 (68.2%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue6 (2.4%)
Hue55.71°
Saturation (HSL)93.33%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G A2 · B 06
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