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Recognised as Colour

#AEB260

  • #AEB260
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AEB260 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 178, 96 and HSL 63°, 35%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AEB260#AEB260
HEX#AEB260
RGBrgb(174, 178, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.698, 0.3765
RGB percentages68.2%, 69.8%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(62.9, 34.7%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62.9, 46.1%, 69.8%)
CMYK2.2%, 0%, 46.1%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,448,928
CSS custom property--colour: #AEB260;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.34:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#514D9F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDAC59no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEAE64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B7A99Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 5.7Khaki · ΔE 20.5Olivedrab · ΔE 23.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.7Burlywood · ΔE 24.2Olive · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 5.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6460B2
Analogous#B28D60, #85B260
Triadic#60AEB2, #B260AE
Split complementary#6085B2, #8D60B2
Tetradic#60B28D, #6460B2, #B26085

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F5E9
Lighter +30%#E3E4C7
Lighter +20%#D1D3A5
Lighter +10%#C0C382
Darker −10%#929649
Darker −20%#717438
Darker −30%#4F5227
Darker −40%#2E2F17
More saturated +25%#C9D042
Less saturated −25%#93947E

Channel breakdown

R174
G178
B96
Red174 (68.2%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue62.93°
Saturation (HSL)34.75%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G B2 · B 60

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