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#AE9759

#ae9759 ≈ Camel

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ae9759 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 59.22% green and 34.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.22% magenta, 48.85% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 43.76°, with 34.41% saturation and 51.57% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Camel (#c19a6b), ΔE 7.63.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.3185

Complementary

  1. #ae9759
  2. #5970ae

Split complementary

  1. #ae9759
  2. #599bae
  3. #6c59ae

Analogous

  1. #ae6c59
  2. #ae9759
  3. #9bae59

Triadic

  1. #ae9759
  2. #59ae97
  3. #9759ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae9759
  2. #70ae59
  3. #5970ae
  4. #9759ae

Square

  1. #ae9759
  2. #59ae6c
  3. #5970ae
  4. #ae599b

Monochromatic

  1. #4a4024
  2. #7d6c3d
  3. #ae9759
  4. #c7b78c
  5. #e0d7c0

Shades

#ae9759 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae9759
  2. #9d8850
  3. #8b7947
  4. #7a6a3e
  5. #685b35
  6. #574c2d
  7. #463c24
  8. #342d1b
  9. #231e12
  10. #110f09
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae9759 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae9759
  2. #b6a16a
  3. #beac7a
  4. #c6b68b
  5. #cec19b
  6. #d7cbac
  7. #dfd5bd
  8. #e7e0cd
  9. #efeade
  10. #f7f5ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae9759 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae9759
  2. #a9955d
  3. #a59261
  4. #a09065
  5. #9c8e69
  6. #978c6d
  7. #928970
  8. #8e8774
  9. #898578
  10. #85827c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29884 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a49554 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a99c5b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba8e88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a89656 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ab9a5a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b59278 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae9759 {
  color: #ae9759;
}
Background
.bg-ae9759 {
  background-color: #ae9759;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae9759 {
  border: 2px solid #ae9759;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae9759;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 151 89;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 34% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae9759 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae9759, #9bae59);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae9759 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 151 89 / 0.35);
}

#c19a6b Camel ΔE 7.63 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.86 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.44 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.36 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.30 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 10.54 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 11.34 #5168a6 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Camel
#ae9759  rgb(174, 151, 89)  hsl(44, 34%, 52%)  Camel
#5970ae  rgb(89, 112, 174)  hsl(224, 34%, 52%)  Queen Blue
#59ae97  rgb(89, 174, 151)  hsl(164, 34%, 52%)  Jungle Green
#9759ae  rgb(151, 89, 174)  hsl(284, 34%, 52%)  Purpureus