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Recognised as Colour

#AEA26D

  • #AEA26D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tan

#AEA26D is a yellow with RGB values 174, 162, 109 and HSL 49°, 29%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AEA26D#AEA26D
HEX#AEA26D
RGBrgb(174, 162, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6353, 0.4275
RGB percentages68.2%, 63.5%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(48.9, 28.6%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 37.4%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 6.9%, 37.4%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,444,845
CSS custom property--colour: #AEA26D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.19:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#515D92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AC9F69no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0A46Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B79B94no 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 text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 13Dark khaki · ΔE 13.3Burlywood · ΔE 15Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.8Wheat · ΔE 24Navajo white · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D79AE
Analogous#AE826D, #9AAE6D
Triadic#6DAEA2, #A26DAE
Split complementary#6D9AAE, #826DAE
Tetradic#6DAE82, #6D79AE, #AE6D9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F6F0
Lighter +30%#E5E1CF
Lighter +20%#D2CCAF
Lighter +10%#C0B78E
Darker −10%#958953
Darker −20%#746B41
Darker −30%#544D2E
Darker −40%#332F1C
More saturated +25%#CAB451
Less saturated −25%#929089

Channel breakdown

R174
G162
B109
Red174 (68.2%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue48.92°
Saturation (HSL)28.63%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G A2 · B 6D

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