Colour

#AD9811

#AD9811
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#AD9811 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 152, 17 and HSL 52°, 82%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#AD9811#AD9811

HEX#AD9811

RGBrgb(173, 152, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.5961, 0.0667

RGB percentages67.8%, 59.6%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(51.9, 82.1%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 90.2%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 12.1%, 90.2%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,376,657

CSS custom property--colour: #AD9811;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.28:1

Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#5267EE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#AE9B1Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#BB8C81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.2 Olive · ΔE 15.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.5 Peru · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 15.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1126AD

Analogous#AD4A11, #74AD11

Triadic#11AD98, #9811AD

Split complementary#1174AD, #4A11AD

Tetradic#11AD4A, #1126AD, #AD1174

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5E895

Lighter +30%#F0DE67

Lighter +20%#EBD339

Lighter +10%#DBC116

Darker −10%#7F6F0C

Darker −20%#504608

Darker −30%#221E03

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BEA400

Less saturated −25%#958729

Channel breakdown

R173

G152

B17

Red173 (67.8%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue51.92°

Saturation (HSL)82.11%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 98 · B 11

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Colour values

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