Colour

#AEA677

#AEA677
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AEA677 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 166, 119 and HSL 51°, 25%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#AEA677

RGBrgb(174, 166, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.651, 0.4667

RGB percentages68.2%, 65.1%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(51.3, 25.3%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 31.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 4.6%, 31.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,445,879

CSS custom property--colour: #AEA677;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.52:1

Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#515988

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AFA374no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A679no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B69F9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12 Burlywood · ΔE 15.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.1 Wheat · ΔE 22.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#777FAE

Analogous#AE8A77, #9BAE77

Triadic#77AEA6, #A677AE

Split complementary#779BAE, #8B77AE

Tetradic#77AE8A, #777FAE, #AE779B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAFAF7

Lighter +30%#E7E5D7

Lighter +20%#D4D0B7

Lighter +10%#C1BB97

Darker −10%#988F5A

Darker −20%#787147

Darker −30%#585334

Darker −40%#383421

More saturated +25%#C9B95C

Less saturated −25%#939392

Channel breakdown

R174

G166

B119

Red174 (68.2%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue51.27°

Saturation (HSL)25.35%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G A6 · B 77

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