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Recognised as Colour

#AD962B

  • #AD962B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AD962B is a yellow with RGB values 173, 150, 43 and HSL 49°, 60%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AD962B#AD962B
HEX#AD962B
RGBrgb(173, 150, 43)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.5882, 0.1686
RGB percentages67.8%, 58.8%, 16.9%
HSLhsl(49.4, 60.2%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 75.1%, 67.8%)
CMYK0%, 13.3%, 75.1%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,376,171
CSS custom property--colour: #AD962B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30871WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.17:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#5269D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A69318no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AC9A32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#BB8A81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.8Goldenrod · ΔE 19.1Dark khaki · ΔE 20.9Peru · ΔE 25.7Olivedrab · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2B42AD
Analogous#AD552B, #83AD2B
Triadic#2BAD96, #962BAD
Split complementary#2B83AD, #552BAD
Tetradic#2BAD55, #2B42AD, #AD2B83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE3B7
Lighter +30%#E3D48E
Lighter +20%#D9C465
Lighter +10%#CFB53C
Darker −10%#847321
Darker −20%#5B4F17
Darker −30%#322C0D
Darker −40%#0A0802
More saturated +25%#C8A710
Less saturated −25%#928546

Channel breakdown

R173
G150
B43
Red173 (67.8%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue43 (16.9%)
Hue49.38°
Saturation (HSL)60.19%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AD · G 96 · B 2B

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