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#AEB45E

#aeb45e ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aeb45e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 70.59% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.33% cyan, 0% magenta, 47.78% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 64.19°, with 36.44% saturation and 53.73% 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 9.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 3.93.

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Web safe#99cc66
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Relative luminance0.4245

Complementary

  1. #aeb45e
  2. #645eb4

Split complementary

  1. #aeb45e
  2. #5e83b4
  3. #8f5eb4

Analogous

  1. #b48f5e
  2. #aeb45e
  3. #83b45e

Triadic

  1. #aeb45e
  2. #5eaeb4
  3. #b45eae

Tetradic

  1. #aeb45e
  2. #5eb464
  3. #645eb4
  4. #b45eae

Square

  1. #aeb45e
  2. #5eb48f
  3. #645eb4
  4. #b45e83

Monochromatic

  1. #4f5326
  2. #82873f
  3. #aeb45e
  4. #c8cc92
  5. #e3e5c6

Shades

#aeb45e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeb45e
  2. #9da255
  3. #8b904b
  4. #7a7e42
  5. #686c38
  6. #575a2f
  7. #464826
  8. #34361c
  9. #232413
  10. #111209
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeb45e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeb45e
  2. #b6bc6e
  3. #bec37e
  4. #c6cb8e
  5. #ced29e
  6. #d7daaf
  7. #dfe1bf
  8. #e7e9cf
  9. #eff0df
  10. #f7f8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeb45e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeb45e
  2. #a9af61
  3. #a5aa65
  4. #a0a468
  5. #9c9f6c
  6. #979a6f
  7. #929572
  8. #8e9076
  9. #898a79
  10. #85857d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeb195 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfad56 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfaf62 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7aba0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9b05a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9b161 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4af8a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeb45e {
  color: #aeb45e;
}
Background
.bg-aeb45e {
  background-color: #aeb45e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeb45e {
  border: 2px solid #aeb45e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeb45e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 180 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 36% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeb45e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeb45e, #83b45e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeb45e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 180 94 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 3.93 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.03 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.26 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 7.54 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.56 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.62 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.64 #514ba1 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#aeb45e  rgb(174, 180, 94)  hsl(64, 36%, 54%)  Dark Khaki
#645eb4  rgb(100, 94, 180)  hsl(244, 36%, 54%)  Slate Blue
#5eaeb4  rgb(94, 174, 180)  hsl(184, 36%, 54%)  Cadet Blue
#b45eae  rgb(180, 94, 174)  hsl(304, 36%, 54%)  Medium Orchid