Recognised as Colour

#AD970E

#AD970E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AD970E is a yellow with RGB values 173, 151, 14 and HSL 52°, 85%, 37%. 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 goldenrod.

Colour values

#AD970E#AD970E

HEX#AD970E

RGBrgb(173, 151, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.5922, 0.0549

RGB percentages67.8%, 59.2%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(51.7, 85%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 91.9%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 12.7%, 91.9%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,376,398

CSS custom property--colour: #AD970E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.21:1

Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#5268F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A79300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#AD9A1Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BC8A80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.7 Olive · ΔE 15.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 16 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 29 Peru · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 14.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E24AD

Analogous#AD480E, #73AD0E

Triadic#0EAD97, #970EAD

Split complementary#0E74AD, #480EAD

Tetradic#0EAD48, #0E24AD, #AD0E73

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6E891

Lighter +30%#F2DE62

Lighter +20%#EED433

Lighter +10%#DCC012

Darker −10%#7E6E0A

Darker −20%#4F4506

Darker −30%#1F1B03

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BBA100

Less saturated −25%#968625

Channel breakdown

R173

G151

B14

Red173 (67.8%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue51.7°

Saturation (HSL)85.03%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 97 · B 0E

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Colour values

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