#ae9e61

Color #ae9e61

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 11.46 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 14.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ae9e61

RGB

rgb(174, 158, 97)

HSL

hsl(47.5, 32.2%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47.5, 44.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 44.3%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(65.21, -2.8, 33.93)

LCH

lch(65.21, 34.05, 94.72)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0827, 95.13)

HWB

hwb(47.5, 38%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6171ae

Analogous

#ae7761

#ae9e61

#97ae61

Triadic

#ae9e61

#61ae9e

#9e61ae

Split-complementary

#ae9e61

#6197ae

#7761ae

Tetradic

#ae9e61

#71ae61

#6171ae

#9e61ae

Square

#ae9e61

#61ae77

#6171ae

#ae6197

Shades

Color #ae9e61 mixed toward black.

#95864d

#776b3d

#5a502e

#3c361f

#1e1b0f

Tints

Color #ae9e61 mixed toward white.

#bbae7b

#c9be96

#d6ceb0

#e4dfca

#f1efe5

Tones

Color #ae9e61 mixed toward gray.

#a79a67

#a1966e

#9b9374

#948f7b

#8e8b81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a774 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#a8a978 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#ad8083 · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae9e61;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae9e61]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#ae9e61 (#ae9e61) is rgb(174, 158, 97) in RGB.

No, #ae9e61 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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