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Recognised as Colour

#AEB26C

  • #AEB26C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AEB26C is a yellow with RGB values 174, 178, 108 and HSL 63°, 31%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AEB26C#AEB26C
HEX#AEB26C
RGBrgb(174, 178, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.698, 0.4235
RGB percentages68.2%, 69.8%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(63.4, 31.2%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(63.4, 39.3%, 69.8%)
CMYK2.2%, 0%, 39.3%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,448,940
CSS custom property--colour: #AEB26C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41922WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.38:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#514D93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCAC67no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCAE6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B6AAA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 5.8Tan · ΔE 20.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.9Burlywood · ΔE 20.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.3Khaki · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 5.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#706CB2
Analogous#B2936C, #8BB26C
Triadic#6CAEB2, #B26CAE
Split complementary#6C8BB2, #936CB2
Tetradic#6CB293, #706CB2, #B26C8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F8F2
Lighter +30%#E5E7D0
Lighter +20%#D3D5AF
Lighter +10%#C0C48D
Darker −10%#969A51
Darker −20%#75793F
Darker −30%#55572E
Darker −40%#34361C
More saturated +25%#C7CE50
Less saturated −25%#959688

Channel breakdown

R174
G178
B108
Red174 (68.2%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue63.43°
Saturation (HSL)31.25%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G B2 · B 6C

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