Colour

#AD9500

#AD9500
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AD9500 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 149, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AD9500#AD9500

HEX#AD9500

RGBrgb(173, 149, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.5843, 0

RGB percentages67.8%, 58.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(51.7, 100%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 100%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 13.9%, 100%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,375,872

CSS custom property--colour: #AD9500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30379WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.08:1

Contrast with white2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#526AFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A69100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9916no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#BC887Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14 Goldenrod · ΔE 15.2 Olive · ΔE 16.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 30.4 Peru · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 14.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0018AD

Analogous#AD3E00, #6FAD00

Triadic#00AD95, #9500AD

Split complementary#006FAD, #3E00AD

Tetradic#00AD3E, #0018AD, #AD006F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFED7A

Lighter +30%#FFE547

Lighter +20%#FFDE14

Lighter +10%#E0C100

Darker −10%#7A6900

Darker −20%#473D00

Darker −30%#141100

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AD9500

Less saturated −25%#978516

Channel breakdown

R173

G149

Red173 (67.8%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue51.68°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 95 · B 00

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