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Recognised as Colour

#AEB209

  • #AEB209
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#AEB209 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 178, 9 and HSL 61°, 90%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#AEB209#AEB209
HEX#AEB209
RGBrgb(174, 178, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.698, 0.0353
RGB percentages68.2%, 69.8%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(61.4, 90.4%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(61.4, 94.9%, 69.8%)
CMYK2.2%, 0%, 94.9%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,448,841
CSS custom property--colour: #AEB209;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.17:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#514DF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1A900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2AD23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BBA697no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 21.3Olive · ΔE 23.6Goldenrod · ΔE 26.7Olivedrab · ΔE 28Gold · ΔE 28.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 21.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0D09B2
Analogous#B26209, #59B209
Triadic#09AEB2, #B209AE
Split complementary#0959B2, #6209B2
Tetradic#09B262, #0D09B2, #B20959

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F98E
Lighter +30%#F3F75D
Lighter +20%#F0F42D
Lighter +10%#DDE30B
Darker −10%#7F8107
Darker −20%#4F5104
Darker −30%#202002
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B7BB00
Less saturated −25%#989B20

Channel breakdown

R174
G178
B9
Red174 (68.2%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue61.42°
Saturation (HSL)90.37%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G B2 · B 09

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