Colour

#AD9508

#AD9508
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AD9508 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 149, 8 and HSL 51°, 91%, 35%. 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

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HEX#AD9508

RGBrgb(173, 149, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.5843, 0.0314

RGB percentages67.8%, 58.4%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(51.3, 91.2%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 95.4%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 13.9%, 95.4%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,375,880

CSS custom property--colour: #AD9508;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30397WCAG 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#909090

Inverted#526AF7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A69100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC991Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#BC887Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.5 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 13.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 15.4 Olive · ΔE 16.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.9 Peru · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 13.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0820AD

Analogous#AD4208, #73AD08

Triadic#08AD95, #9508AD

Split complementary#0873AD, #4208AD

Tetradic#08AD42, #0820AD, #AD0873

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9E988

Lighter +30%#F7E057

Lighter +20%#F5D726

Lighter +10%#DEBF0A

Darker −10%#7C6B06

Darker −20%#4C4103

Darker −30%#1B1701

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B59B00

Less saturated −25%#96851F

Channel breakdown

R173

G149

Red173 (67.8%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue51.27°

Saturation (HSL)91.16%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 95 · B 08

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