Recognised as Colour
#AEA88B
- #AEA88B
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Tan
#AEA88B is a yellow with RGB values 174, 168, 139 and HSL 50°, 18%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.
Colour values
#AEA88B#AEA88B
HEX#AEA88B
RGBrgb(174, 168, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6588, 0.5451
RGB percentages68.2%, 65.9%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(49.7, 17.8%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 20.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 3.4%, 20.1%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,446,411
CSS custom property--colour: #AEA88B;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.38868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.77:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#515774
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8B91AE
Analogous#AE978B, #A3AE8B
Triadic#8BAEA8, #A88BAE
Split complementary#8BA3AE, #978BAE
Tetradic#8BAE97, #8B91AE, #AE8BA3
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R174
G168
B139
Red174 (68.2%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue49.71°
Saturation (HSL)17.77%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G A8 · B 8B
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