Colour

#AEAC03

#AEAC03
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AEAC03 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 172, 3 and HSL 59°, 97%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AEAC03#AEAC03

HEX#AEAC03

RGBrgb(174, 172, 3)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6745, 0.0118

RGB percentages68.2%, 67.5%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(59.3, 96.6%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.3, 98.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 1.1%, 98.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,447,299

CSS custom property--colour: #AEAC03;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.5 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#A0A0A0

Inverted#5153FC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBA400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDA91Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#BBA092no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.4 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

Olive · ΔE 21.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.8 Yellow green · ΔE 24.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.9 Gold · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 21.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0305AE

Analogous#AE5603, #5BAE03

Triadic#03AEAC, #AC03AE

Split complementary#035BAE, #5603AE

Tetradic#03AE56, #0305AE, #AE035B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFB80

Lighter +30%#FCFA4E

Lighter +20%#FBF81C

Lighter +10%#E0DE04

Darker −10%#7C7A02

Darker −20%#4A4901

Darker −30%#181700

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B1AF00

Less saturated −25%#989619

Channel breakdown

R174

G172

Red174 (68.2%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue59.3°

Saturation (HSL)96.61%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G AC · B 03

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Colour values

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