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Recognised as Colour

#AD963B

  • #AD963B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AD963B is a yellow with RGB values 173, 150, 59 and HSL 48°, 49%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AD963B#AD963B
HEX#AD963B
RGBrgb(173, 150, 59)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.5882, 0.2314
RGB percentages67.8%, 58.8%, 23.1%
HSLhsl(47.9, 49.1%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.9, 65.9%, 67.8%)
CMYK0%, 13.3%, 65.9%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,376,187
CSS custom property--colour: #AD963B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.2:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#5269C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A59330no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AB9A40no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#BA8B83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.4Olive · ΔE 16.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.1Goldenrod · ΔE 23.5Peru · ΔE 23.6Burlywood · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3B52AD
Analogous#AD5D3B, #8BAD3B
Triadic#3BAD96, #963BAD
Split complementary#3B8BAD, #5D3BAD
Tetradic#3BAD5D, #3B52AD, #AD3B8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE5C8
Lighter +30%#DFD3A2
Lighter +20%#D2C17C
Lighter +10%#C5AF56
Darker −10%#87752E
Darker −20%#615421
Darker −30%#3B3314
Darker −40%#151207
More saturated +25%#CAA71E
Less saturated −25%#908558

Channel breakdown

R173
G150
B59
Red173 (67.8%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue59 (23.1%)
Hue47.89°
Saturation (HSL)49.14%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AD · G 96 · B 3B

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