Colour

#AD9D44

#AD9D44
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AD9D44 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 157, 68 and HSL 51°, 44%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#AD9D44

RGBrgb(173, 157, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6157, 0.2667

RGB percentages67.8%, 61.6%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(50.9, 43.6%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 60.7%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 60.7%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,377,988

CSS custom property--colour: #AD9D44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.68:1

Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#5262BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AB993Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#AF9F48no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BA928Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.7 Olive · ΔE 17.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22 Burlywood · ΔE 24.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4454AD

Analogous#AD6844, #88AD44

Triadic#44AD9D, #9D44AD

Split complementary#4488AD, #6944AD

Tetradic#44AD69, #4454AD, #AD4488

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDE8D0

Lighter +30%#DED7AC

Lighter +20%#D0C587

Lighter +10%#C1B363

Darker −10%#887C36

Darker −20%#645B27

Darker −30%#3F3919

Darker −40%#1B180A

More saturated +25%#CBB226

Less saturated −25%#8F8862

Channel breakdown

R173

G157

B68

Red173 (67.8%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue50.86°

Saturation (HSL)43.57%

Lightness47.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 9D · B 44

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Colour values

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