Recognised as Colour

#AEC801

#AEC801
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#AEC801 is a yellow with RGB values 174, 200, 1 and HSL 68°, 99%, 39%. 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

#AEC801#AEC801

HEX#AEC801

RGBrgb(174, 200, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7843, 0.0039

RGB percentages68.2%, 78.4%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(67.8, 99%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.8, 99.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK13%, 0%, 99.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,454,465

CSS custom property--colour: #AEC801;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50309WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.06:1

Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#5137FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6BC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3BD27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B9BCAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 13.2 Yellow · ΔE 28.7 Green yellow · ΔE 28.8 Gold · ΔE 31 Olivedrab · ΔE 34.2 Olive · ΔE 35.1

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 13.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B01C8

Analogous#C87F01, #4AC801

Triadic#01AEC8, #C801AE

Split complementary#014BC8, #7F01C8

Tetradic#01C87F, #1B01C8, #C8014A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1FE97

Lighter +30%#EAFE64

Lighter +20%#E3FE31

Lighter +10%#DAFB01

Darker −10%#829501

Darker −20%#566300

Darker −30%#2A3000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AFC900

Less saturated −25%#9BAF1A

Channel breakdown

R174

G200

Red174 (68.2%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue67.84°

Saturation (HSL)99%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AE · G C8 · B 01

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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