Recognised as Colour

#AEA47A

#AEA47A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AEA47A is a yellow with RGB values 174, 164, 122 and HSL 48°, 24%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AEA47A#AEA47A

HEX#AEA47A

RGBrgb(174, 164, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6431, 0.4784

RGB percentages68.2%, 64.3%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(48.5, 24.3%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 29.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 5.7%, 29.9%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,445,370

CSS custom property--colour: #AEA47A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.39:1

Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#515B85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ADA277no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFA57Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B69E99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11.2 Burlywood · ΔE 15.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22 Wheat · ΔE 22.6 Dark grey · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 11.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A84AE

Analogous#AE8A7A, #9EAE7A

Triadic#7AAEA4, #A47AAE

Split complementary#7A9EAE, #8A7AAE

Tetradic#7AAE8A, #7A84AE, #AE7A9E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFBF9

Lighter +30%#E8E5D9

Lighter +20%#D5CFB9

Lighter +10%#C1BA9A

Darker −10%#988D5D

Darker −20%#797049

Darker −30%#595236

Darker −40%#393523

More saturated +25%#C9B45F

Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R174

G164

B122

Red174 (68.2%)

Green164 (64.3%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue48.46°

Saturation (HSL)24.3%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G A4 · B 7A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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