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Recognised as Colour

#AD8F05

  • #AD8F05
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AD8F05 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 143, 5 and HSL 49°, 94%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AD8F05#AD8F05
HEX#AD8F05
RGBrgb(173, 143, 5)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.5608, 0.0196
RGB percentages67.8%, 56.1%, 2%
HSLhsl(49.3, 94.4%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 97.1%, 67.8%)
CMYK0%, 17.3%, 97.1%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,374,341
CSS custom property--colour: #AD8F05;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.71:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#5270FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A08C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A89517no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#BC8279no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 10.2Goldenrod · ΔE 14.4Olive · ΔE 17Peru · ΔE 26.9Dark khaki · ΔE 29.2Sandy brown · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 10.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0523AD
Analogous#AD3B05, #77AD05
Triadic#05AD8F, #8F05AD
Split complementary#0577AD, #3B05AD
Tetradic#05AD3B, #0523AD, #AD0577

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBE683
Lighter +30%#FADC51
Lighter +20%#F9D21F
Lighter +10%#DFB806
Darker −10%#7B6604
Darker −20%#4A3D02
Darker −30%#181401
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B29200
Less saturated −25%#97811B

Channel breakdown

R173
G143
B5
Red173 (67.8%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue5 (2%)
Hue49.29°
Saturation (HSL)94.38%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AD · G 8F · B 05

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