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Recognised as Colour

#AEAA68

  • #AEAA68
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AEAA68 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 170, 104 and HSL 57°, 30%, 55%. 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

#AEAA68#AEAA68
HEX#AEAA68
RGBrgb(174, 170, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6667, 0.4078
RGB percentages68.2%, 66.7%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(56.6, 30.2%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.6, 40.2%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 2.3%, 40.2%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,446,888
CSS custom property--colour: #AEAA68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38748WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#515597

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4A563no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6A96Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B7A29Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6.8Tan · ΔE 18Burlywood · ΔE 18.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.9Khaki · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#686CAE
Analogous#AE8768, #8FAE68
Triadic#68AEAA, #AA68AE
Split complementary#688FAE, #8768AE
Tetradic#68AE87, #686CAE, #AE688F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F5ED
Lighter +30%#E3E2CC
Lighter +20%#D2CFAA
Lighter +10%#C0BD89
Darker −10%#94904F
Darker −20%#73703D
Darker −30%#514F2C
Darker −40%#302F1A
More saturated +25%#CBC44B
Less saturated −25%#919085

Channel breakdown

R174
G170
B104
Red174 (68.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue56.57°
Saturation (HSL)30.17%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G AA · B 68

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