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Recognised as Colour

#AEB873

  • #AEB873
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AEB873 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 184, 115 and HSL 69°, 33%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AEB873#AEB873
HEX#AEB873
RGBrgb(174, 184, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7216, 0.451
RGB percentages68.2%, 72.2%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(68.7, 32.7%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(68.7, 37.5%, 72.2%)
CMYK5.4%, 0%, 37.5%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,450,483
CSS custom property--colour: #AEB873;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44517WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.9:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#51478C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1B16Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0B376no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B5B1A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 7.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.1Khaki · ΔE 21.6Tan · ΔE 21.8Burlywood · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7D73B8
Analogous#B89F73, #8CB873
Triadic#73AEB8, #B873AE
Split complementary#738CB8, #A073B8
Tetradic#73B89F, #7D73B8, #B8738C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFDFA
Lighter +30%#E9EBD9
Lighter +20%#D5DAB7
Lighter +10%#C2C995
Darker −10%#99A553
Darker −20%#798342
Darker −30%#5A6131
Darker −40%#3B3F20
More saturated +25%#C1D259
Less saturated −25%#9B9E8D

Channel breakdown

R174
G184
B115
Red174 (68.2%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue68.7°
Saturation (HSL)32.7%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G B8 · B 73

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