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Recognised as Colour

#AD9B2F

  • #AD9B2F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AD9B2F is a yellow with RGB values 173, 155, 47 and HSL 51°, 57%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AD9B2F#AD9B2F
HEX#AD9B2F
RGBrgb(173, 155, 47)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6078, 0.1843
RGB percentages67.8%, 60.8%, 18.4%
HSLhsl(51.4, 57.3%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 72.8%, 67.8%)
CMYK0%, 10.4%, 72.8%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,377,455
CSS custom property--colour: #AD9B2F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.51:1
Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#5264D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AA971Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AF9D36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BB8F86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.4Dark khaki · ΔE 19.4Goldenrod · ΔE 20.3Olivedrab · ΔE 25.3Peru · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2F41AD
Analogous#AD5C2F, #80AD2F
Triadic#2FAD9B, #9B2FAD
Split complementary#2F80AD, #5C2FAD
Tetradic#2FAD5C, #2F41AD, #AD2F80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDE6BB
Lighter +30%#E2D793
Lighter +20%#D7C76B
Lighter +10%#CCB843
Darker −10%#857724
Darker −20%#5D5319
Darker −30%#352F0E
Darker −40%#0D0B03
More saturated +25%#C9AF14
Less saturated −25%#92874B

Channel breakdown

R173
G155
B47
Red173 (67.8%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue47 (18.4%)
Hue51.43°
Saturation (HSL)57.27%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AD · G 9B · B 2F

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