Colour

#AEA37E

#AEA37E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AEA37E is a yellow with RGB values 174, 163, 126 and HSL 46°, 23%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AEA37E#AEA37E

HEX#AEA37E

RGBrgb(174, 163, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6392, 0.4941

RGB percentages68.2%, 63.9%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(46.2, 22.9%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.2, 27.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 27.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,445,118

CSS custom property--colour: #AEA37E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.34:1

Contrast with white2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#515C81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ABA17Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AEA57Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B69D99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11.2 Burlywood · ΔE 16.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.8 Dark grey · ΔE 20.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.6 Wheat · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 11.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E89AE

Analogous#AE8B7E, #A1AE7E

Triadic#7EAEA3, #A37EAE

Split complementary#7EA1AE, #8B7EAE

Tetradic#7EAE8B, #7E89AE, #AE7EA1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFCFB

Lighter +30%#E9E6DC

Lighter +20%#D5D0BD

Lighter +10%#C2B99D

Darker −10%#998C60

Darker −20%#7A6F4C

Darker −30%#5A5339

Darker −40%#3B3625

More saturated +25%#C8B164

Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R174

G163

B126

Red174 (68.2%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue46.25°

Saturation (HSL)22.86%

Lightness58.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G A3 · B 7E

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Colour values

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