#ae9d61

Color #ae9d61

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 12.1 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 14.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ae9d61

RGB

rgb(174, 157, 97)

HSL

hsl(46.8, 32.2%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(46.8, 44.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 44.3%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(64.94, -2.26, 33.59)

LCH

lch(64.94, 33.67, 93.85)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0818, 94.14)

HWB

hwb(46.8, 38%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6172ae

Analogous

#ae7661

#ae9d61

#98ae61

Triadic

#ae9d61

#61ae9d

#9d61ae

Split-complementary

#ae9d61

#6198ae

#7661ae

Tetradic

#ae9d61

#72ae61

#6172ae

#9d61ae

Square

#ae9d61

#61ae76

#6172ae

#ae6198

Shades

Color #ae9d61 mixed toward black.

#95854d

#776b3d

#5a502e

#3c351f

#1e1b0f

Tints

Color #ae9d61 mixed toward white.

#bbad7b

#c9be96

#d6ceb0

#e4deca

#f1efe5

Tones

Color #ae9d61 mixed toward gray.

#a79967

#a1966e

#9b9274

#948f7b

#8e8b81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a773 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#a8a977 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#ad7f82 · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae9d61;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae9d61]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Floral White #fffaf0

Khaki #f0e68c

Frequently asked questions

#ae9d61 (#ae9d61) is rgb(174, 157, 97) in RGB.

No, #ae9d61 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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