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Recognised as Colour

#AEA531

  • #AEA531
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AEA531 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 165, 49 and HSL 56°, 56%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AEA531#AEA531
HEX#AEA531
RGBrgb(174, 165, 49)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6471, 0.1922
RGB percentages68.2%, 64.7%, 19.2%
HSLhsl(55.7, 56.1%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.7, 71.8%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 5.2%, 71.8%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,445,553
CSS custom property--colour: #AEA531;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.23:1
Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#515ACE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B49F1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7A439no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BB9A8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15Dark khaki · ΔE 19.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22Goldenrod · ΔE 22.1Olivedrab · ΔE 23.1Khaki · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#313AAE
Analogous#AE6731, #78AE31
Triadic#31AEA5, #A531AE
Split complementary#3178AE, #6731AE
Tetradic#31AE66, #313AAE, #AE3178

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE9BE
Lighter +30%#E2DC96
Lighter +20%#D6CF6F
Lighter +10%#CBC247
Darker −10%#867F26
Darker −20%#5E5A1B
Darker −30%#37340F
Darker −40%#0F0E04
More saturated +25%#CABD15
Less saturated −25%#928D4D

Channel breakdown

R174
G165
B49
Red174 (68.2%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue49 (19.2%)
Hue55.68°
Saturation (HSL)56.05%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G A5 · B 31

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