Recognised as Colour
#AEA853
- #AEA853
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark khaki
#AEA853 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 168, 83 and HSL 56°, 36%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.
Colour values
#AEA853#AEA853
HEX#AEA853
RGBrgb(174, 168, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6588, 0.3255
RGB percentages68.2%, 65.9%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(56, 36%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56, 52.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 3.4%, 52.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,446,355
CSS custom property--colour: #AEA853;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.37628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.53:1
Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#5157AC
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5359AE
Analogous#AE7A53, #87AE53
Triadic#53AEA8, #A853AE
Split complementary#5386AE, #7B53AE
Tetradic#53AE7A, #5359AE, #AE5386
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R174
G168
B83
Red174 (68.2%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue56.04°
Saturation (HSL)35.97%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G A8 · B 53
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