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Recognised as Colour

#AEA983

  • #AEA983
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Tan

#AEA983 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 169, 131 and HSL 53°, 21%, 60%. 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

#AEA983#AEA983
HEX#AEA983
RGBrgb(174, 169, 131)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6627, 0.5137
RGB percentages68.2%, 66.3%, 51.4%
HSLhsl(53, 21%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53, 24.7%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 2.9%, 24.7%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,446,659
CSS custom property--colour: #AEA983;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.8:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#51567C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0A681no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2A984no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B5A49Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.1Burlywood · ΔE 17.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.8Dark khaki · ΔE 20Dark grey · ΔE 20.8Wheat · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8388AE
Analogous#AE9383, #9EAE83
Triadic#83AEA9, #A983AE
Split complementary#839EAE, #9383AE
Tetradic#83AE93, #8388AE, #AE839E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFE
Lighter +30%#EAE9E0
Lighter +20%#D6D4C1
Lighter +10%#C2BEA2
Darker −10%#9A9364
Darker −20%#7B7650
Darker −30%#5C583C
Darker −40%#3D3B28
More saturated +25%#C8BD69
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R174
G169
B131
Red174 (68.2%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue131 (51.4%)
Hue53.02°
Saturation (HSL)20.98%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G A9 · B 83

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