Colour

#AD9B3D

#AD9B3D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AD9B3D is a yellow with RGB values 173, 155, 61 and HSL 50°, 48%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#AD9B3D

RGBrgb(173, 155, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6078, 0.2392

RGB percentages67.8%, 60.8%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(50.4, 47.9%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 64.7%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 10.4%, 64.7%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,377,469

CSS custom property--colour: #AD9B3D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32664WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.53:1

Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#5264C2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A99732no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#AE9E42no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#BA9087no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15 Olive · ΔE 16 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.3 Peru · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3D4FAD

Analogous#AD633D, #87AD3D

Triadic#3DAD9B, #9B3DAD

Split complementary#3D87AD, #633DAD

Tetradic#3DAD63, #3D4FAD, #AD3D87

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE7CA

Lighter +30%#DFD5A4

Lighter +20%#D2C47E

Lighter +10%#C4B359

Darker −10%#877930

Darker −20%#625722

Darker −30%#3C3615

Darker −40%#161408

More saturated +25%#CAAF20

Less saturated −25%#90875A

Channel breakdown

R173

G155

B61

Red173 (67.8%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue50.36°

Saturation (HSL)47.86%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 9B · B 3D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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