Recognised as Colour

#AEB972

#AEB972
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AEB972 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 185, 114 and HSL 69°, 34%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AEB972#AEB972

HEX#AEB972

RGBrgb(174, 185, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7255, 0.4471

RGB percentages68.2%, 72.5%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(69.3, 33.6%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(69.3, 38.4%, 72.5%)

CMYK5.9%, 0%, 38.4%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,450,738

CSS custom property--colour: #AEB972;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.98:1

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

Contrast with black9.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#51468D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2B26Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1B375no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B5B2A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text9.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 7.8 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.2 Khaki · ΔE 21.1 Tan · ΔE 22.7 Burlywood · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 7.77, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7D72B9

Analogous#B9A172, #8BB972

Triadic#72AEB9, #B972AE

Split complementary#728AB9, #A172B9

Tetradic#72B9A1, #7D72B9, #B9728B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFDFA

Lighter +30%#E9ECD8

Lighter +20%#D5DBB6

Lighter +10%#C2CA94

Darker −10%#99A652

Darker −20%#798441

Darker −30%#5A6230

Darker −40%#3B3F20

More saturated +25%#C0D358

Less saturated −25%#9C9F8C

Channel breakdown

R174

G185

B114

Red174 (68.2%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue69.3°

Saturation (HSL)33.65%

Lightness58.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AE · G B9 · B 72

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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