Recognised as Colour

#AEAA5A

#AEAA5A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AEAA5A is a yellow with RGB values 174, 170, 90 and HSL 57°, 34%, 52%. 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

#AEAA5A#AEAA5A

HEX#AEAA5A

RGBrgb(174, 170, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6667, 0.3529

RGB percentages68.2%, 66.7%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(57.1, 34.1%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.1, 48.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 2.3%, 48.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,446,874

CSS custom property--colour: #AEAA5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.7:1

Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#5155A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6A553no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8A85Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B9A197no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 5.6 Burlywood · ΔE 22.2 Khaki · ΔE 22.3 Olive · ΔE 22.7 Tan · ΔE 23.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 5.56, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A5EAE

Analogous#AE805A, #88AE5A

Triadic#5AAEAA, #AA5AAE

Split complementary#5A88AE, #805AAE

Tetradic#5AAE80, #5A5EAE, #AE5A88

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1F0E3

Lighter +30%#E0DFC1

Lighter +20%#D0CD9E

Lighter +10%#BFBC7C

Darker −10%#8F8B46

Darker −20%#6D6A35

Darker −30%#4A4925

Darker −40%#282714

More saturated +25%#CDC63B

Less saturated −25%#8F8E79

Channel breakdown

R174

G170

B90

Red174 (68.2%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue57.14°

Saturation (HSL)34.15%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G AA · B 5A

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Colour values

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