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Recognised as Colour

#AD992A

  • #AD992A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AD992A is a yellow with RGB values 173, 153, 42 and HSL 51°, 61%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AD992A#AD992A
HEX#AD992A
RGBrgb(173, 153, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6, 0.1647
RGB percentages67.8%, 60%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(50.8, 60.9%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 75.7%, 67.8%)
CMYK0%, 11.6%, 75.7%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,376,938
CSS custom property--colour: #AD992A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31834WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.37:1
Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#5266D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A99515no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AE9C31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BB8D84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16Goldenrod · ΔE 19.1Dark khaki · ΔE 21Olivedrab · ΔE 26.2Peru · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2A3EAD
Analogous#AD572A, #80AD2A
Triadic#2AAD99, #992AAD
Split complementary#2A80AD, #572AAD
Tetradic#2AAD57, #2A3EAD, #AD2A80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE5B6
Lighter +30%#E3D68D
Lighter +20%#D9C764
Lighter +10%#CFB93B
Darker −10%#847520
Darker −20%#5B5016
Darker −30%#322C0C
Darker −40%#090802
More saturated +25%#C8AC0F
Less saturated −25%#928645

Channel breakdown

R173
G153
B42
Red173 (67.8%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue50.84°
Saturation (HSL)60.93%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AD · G 99 · B 2A

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