Colour

#AD9A32

#AD9A32
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AD9A32 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 154, 50 and HSL 51°, 55%, 44%. 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

#AD9A32#AD9A32

HEX#AD9A32

RGBrgb(173, 154, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6039, 0.1961

RGB percentages67.8%, 60.4%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(50.7, 55.2%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 71.1%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 71.1%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,377,202

CSS custom property--colour: #AD9A32;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32226WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.45:1

Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#5265CD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A99622no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AE9D38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BB8F85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.5 Peru · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3245AD

Analogous#AD5D32, #82AD32

Triadic#32AD9A, #9A32AD

Split complementary#3283AD, #5D32AD

Tetradic#32AD5D, #3245AD, #AD3283

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE5BF

Lighter +30%#E1D697

Lighter +20%#D6C66F

Lighter +10%#CAB648

Darker −10%#857727

Darker −20%#5E541B

Darker −30%#363010

Darker −40%#0F0D04

More saturated +25%#C9AD16

Less saturated −25%#91874E

Channel breakdown

R173

G154

B50

Red173 (67.8%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue50.73°

Saturation (HSL)55.16%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 9A · B 32

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