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Recognised as Colour

#AEA631

  • #AEA631
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AEA631 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 166, 49 and HSL 56°, 56%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AEA631#AEA631
HEX#AEA631
RGBrgb(174, 166, 49)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.651, 0.1922
RGB percentages68.2%, 65.1%, 19.2%
HSLhsl(56.2, 56.1%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.2, 71.8%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 4.6%, 71.8%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,445,809
CSS custom property--colour: #AEA631;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36493WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.3:1
Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#5159CE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5A01Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8A539no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BB9B8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.3Dark khaki · ΔE 20.1Goldenrod · ΔE 22.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.5Olivedrab · ΔE 23Khaki · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3139AE
Analogous#AE6831, #78AE31
Triadic#31AEA6, #A631AE
Split complementary#3178AE, #6831AE
Tetradic#31AE67, #3139AE, #AE3177

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDEABE
Lighter +30%#E2DD96
Lighter +20%#D6D06F
Lighter +10%#CBC347
Darker −10%#868026
Darker −20%#5E5A1B
Darker −30%#37340F
Darker −40%#0F0E04
More saturated +25%#CABE15
Less saturated −25%#928E4D

Channel breakdown

R174
G166
B49
Red174 (68.2%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue49 (19.2%)
Hue56.16°
Saturation (HSL)56.05%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G A6 · B 31

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