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Recognised as Colour

#AEB42A

  • #AEB42A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#AEB42A is a yellow with RGB values 174, 180, 42 and HSL 63°, 62%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#AEB42A#AEB42A
HEX#AEB42A
RGBrgb(174, 180, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7059, 0.1647
RGB percentages68.2%, 70.6%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(62.6, 62.2%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62.6, 76.7%, 70.6%)
CMYK3.3%, 0%, 76.7%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,449,386
CSS custom property--colour: #AEB42A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41808WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.36:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#514BD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2AB02no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3AF36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BAA99Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.5 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 text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 20.7Olive · ΔE 21Olivedrab · ΔE 23.9Dark khaki · ΔE 26.8Goldenrod · ΔE 27.2Khaki · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 20.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#302AB4
Analogous#B4752A, #69B42A
Triadic#2AAEB4, #B42AAE
Split complementary#2A69B4, #752AB4
Tetradic#2AB475, #302AB4, #B42A69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDEFBB
Lighter +30%#E2E592
Lighter +20%#D7DC68
Lighter +10%#CCD23F
Darker −10%#868B20
Darker −20%#5E6117
Darker −30%#36380D
Darker −40%#0E0F03
More saturated +25%#C7D00E
Less saturated −25%#959846

Channel breakdown

R174
G180
B42
Red174 (68.2%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue62.61°
Saturation (HSL)62.16%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G B4 · B 2A

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