Colour

#AEAC86

#AEAC86
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AEAC86 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 172, 134 and HSL 57°, 20%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AEAC86#AEAC86

HEX#AEAC86

RGBrgb(174, 172, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6745, 0.5255

RGB percentages68.2%, 67.5%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(57, 19.8%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57, 23%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 1.1%, 23%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,447,430

CSS custom property--colour: #AEAC86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.04:1

Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#515379

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3A984no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4AB87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#B4A7A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.8 Burlywood · ΔE 17.8 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 20 Dark grey · ΔE 20.7 Wheat · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8688AE

Analogous#AE9886, #9CAE86

Triadic#86AEAC, #AC86AE

Split complementary#869CAE, #9886AE

Tetradic#86AE98, #8688AE, #AE869C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EBEBE2

Lighter +20%#D7D6C3

Lighter +10%#C2C1A5

Darker −10%#9A9767

Darker −20%#7B7953

Darker −30%#5D5B3E

Darker −40%#3E3D2A

More saturated +25%#C7C36D

Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R174

G172

B134

Red174 (68.2%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue57°

Saturation (HSL)19.8%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G AC · B 86

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Colour values

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