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Recognised as Colour

#AEC74F

  • #AEC74F
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#AEC74F is a green with RGB values 174, 199, 79 and HSL 73°, 52%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#AEC74F#AEC74F
HEX#AEC74F
RGBrgb(174, 199, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7804, 0.3098
RGB percentages68.2%, 78%, 31%
HSLhsl(72.5, 51.7%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(72.5, 60.3%, 78%)
CMYK12.6%, 0%, 60.3%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,454,287
CSS custom property--colour: #AEC74F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5041WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.08:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#5138B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3BC41no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0BD57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B7BDAEno 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 text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 16.6Olivedrab · ΔE 22.7Dark khaki · ΔE 23.6Khaki · ΔE 24.1Olive · ΔE 27.5Light green · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 16.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#684FC7
Analogous#C7A44F, #72C74F
Triadic#4FAEC7, #C74FAE
Split complementary#4F72C7, #A44FC7
Tetradic#4FC7A4, #684FC7, #C74F72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F8EA
Lighter +30%#E3ECC3
Lighter +20%#D2E09C
Lighter +10%#C0D376
Darker −10%#94AC37
Darker −20%#73862A
Darker −30%#515F1E
Darker −40%#303812
More saturated +25%#BFE432
Less saturated −25%#9DAA6C

Channel breakdown

R174
G199
B79
Red174 (68.2%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue72.5°
Saturation (HSL)51.72%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G C7 · B 4F

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