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Recognised as Colour

#AD9834

  • #AD9834
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AD9834 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 152, 52 and HSL 50°, 54%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AD9834#AD9834
HEX#AD9834
RGBrgb(173, 152, 52)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.5961, 0.2039
RGB percentages67.8%, 59.6%, 20.4%
HSLhsl(49.6, 53.8%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 69.9%, 67.8%)
CMYK0%, 12.1%, 69.9%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,376,692
CSS custom property--colour: #AD9834;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31589WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.32:1
Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#5267CB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A79426no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AD9B3Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#BB8D84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17Dark khaki · ΔE 18Goldenrod · ΔE 21.3Peru · ΔE 25.6Olivedrab · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3449AD
Analogous#AD5C34, #85AD34
Triadic#34AD98, #9834AD
Split complementary#3485AD, #5C34AD
Tetradic#34AD5C, #3449AD, #AD3485

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE5C1
Lighter +30%#E0D49A
Lighter +20%#D5C472
Lighter +10%#C9B34B
Darker −10%#867628
Darker −20%#5F531C
Darker −30%#373111
Darker −40%#100E05
More saturated +25%#C9AA18
Less saturated −25%#918650

Channel breakdown

R173
G152
B52
Red173 (67.8%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue52 (20.4%)
Hue49.59°
Saturation (HSL)53.78%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AD · G 98 · B 34

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