Recognised as Colour

#AEB740

#AEB740
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AEB740 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 183, 64 and HSL 65°, 48%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AEB740#AEB740

HEX#AEB740

RGBrgb(174, 183, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7176, 0.251

RGB percentages68.2%, 71.8%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(64.5, 48.2%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64.5, 65%, 71.8%)

CMYK4.9%, 0%, 65%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,450,176

CSS custom property--colour: #AEB740;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43236WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.65:1

Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#5148BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4AE30no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4B148no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B9AC9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 20.5 Olive · ΔE 20.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 20.9 Yellow green · ΔE 22.1 Khaki · ΔE 24.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 20.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4940B7

Analogous#B78440, #73B740

Triadic#40AEB7, #B740AE

Split complementary#4072B7, #8440B7

Tetradic#40B785, #4940B7, #B74073

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEF0D3

Lighter +30%#DEE2AE

Lighter +20%#CFD588

Lighter +10%#C0C862

Darker −10%#8A9133

Darker −20%#666B26

Darker −30%#424618

Darker −40%#1E200B

More saturated +25%#C8D621

Less saturated −25%#94985F

Channel breakdown

R174

G183

B64

Red174 (68.2%)

Green183 (71.8%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue64.54°

Saturation (HSL)48.18%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AE · G B7 · B 40

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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