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Yellowy Brown #AE8B0C

#AE8B0Coklch(0.6512 0.1306 90.4)

Yellowy Brown (#AE8B0C) is a medium moderately saturated yellow. In OKLCH it has lightness 65.1%, chroma 0.131 and hue 90.4°; its relative luminance is 27.5%. White text reads best on it (APCA Lc 65, WCAG 3.23:1). It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.3).

#AE8B0C in every format

HEX#AE8B0C
RGBrgb(174 139 12)
HSLhsl(47.0 87.1% 36.5%)
HSB / HSVhsb(47.0 93.1% 68.2%)
HWBhwb(47.0 4.7% 31.8%)
CMYK (formula)cmyk(0/20/93/32)
CMYK (FOGRA39 coated)cmyk(27/38/100/16)
CIELAB (D50)lab(59.84 5.97 61.97)
LChlch(59.84 62.25 84.5)
OKLaboklab(0.6512 -0.0009 0.1306)
OKLCHoklch(0.6512 0.1306 90.4)
CIE XYZ (D65)color(xyz-d65 0.26754 0.27491 0.04245)
CIE xyYxyY(0.4574 0.4700 0.2749)
Display P3color(display-p3 0.6606 0.5504 0.1872)
Linear sRGBcolor(srgb-linear 0.42327 0.25818 0.00368)
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Text on #AE8B0C

White textWCAG 3.23:1 · APCA Lc 65
Black textWCAG 6.50:1 · APCA Lc 45

Color blindness

Machado 2009 simulation
#AE8B0Cnormal
#9D8900protanopia
#A59319deuteranopia
#BD7E76tritanopia

Tints and shades

OKLCH lightness steps, hue held
#FFEC8E
#F8D46B
#DEBA4F
#C4A031
#AA8801
#926F00
#775900
#5C4400
#433000
#2B1D00
#160B00

Harmonies

hue rotations in OKLCH
Complementary
#AE8B0C
#718ADF
Analogous
#AE8B0C
#C87A2F
#859B33
Triadic
#AE8B0C
#00A4BC
#BC70B5
Split complementary
#AE8B0C
#3298D7
#9D7BD3
Tetradic
#AE8B0C
#00A993
#718ADF
#CF6B8C

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