Recognised as Colour
#AEAA50
- #AEAA50
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark khaki
#AEAA50 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 170, 80 and HSL 57°, 37%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.
Colour values
#AEAA50#AEAA50
HEX#AEAA50
RGBrgb(174, 170, 80)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6667, 0.3137
RGB percentages68.2%, 66.7%, 31.4%
HSLhsl(57.4, 37%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(57.4, 54%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 2.3%, 54%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,446,864
CSS custom property--colour: #AEAA50;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.38327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.67:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#5155AF
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5054AE
Analogous#AE7B50, #83AE50
Triadic#50AEAA, #AA50AE
Split complementary#5083AE, #7B50AE
Tetradic#50AE7B, #5054AE, #AE5083
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R174
G170
B80
Red174 (68.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue80 (31.4%)
Hue57.45°
Saturation (HSL)37.01%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G AA · B 50
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