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Recognised as Colour

#AD9A28

  • #AD9A28
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AD9A28 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 154, 40 and HSL 51°, 62%, 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

#AD9A28#AD9A28
HEX#AD9A28
RGBrgb(173, 154, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6039, 0.1569
RGB percentages67.8%, 60.4%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(51.4, 62.4%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 76.9%, 67.8%)
CMYK0%, 11%, 76.9%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,377,192
CSS custom property--colour: #AD9A28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32149WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.43:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#5265D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AA9610no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AF9D30no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#BB8E84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.4Goldenrod · ΔE 18.9Dark khaki · ΔE 21.6Olivedrab · ΔE 26Peru · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#283BAD
Analogous#AD5828, #7DAD28
Triadic#28AD9A, #9A28AD
Split complementary#287EAD, #5828AD
Tetradic#28AD58, #283BAD, #AD287D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEE5B3
Lighter +30%#E4D78A
Lighter +20%#DAC961
Lighter +10%#D1BB37
Darker −10%#84751E
Darker −20%#5A5015
Darker −30%#312B0B
Darker −40%#070702
More saturated +25%#C8AD0D
Less saturated −25%#928743

Channel breakdown

R173
G154
B40
Red173 (67.8%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue51.43°
Saturation (HSL)62.44%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AD · G 9A · B 28

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