Colour

#AD9F63

#AD9F63
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AD9F63 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 159, 99 and HSL 49°, 31%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#AD9F63

RGBrgb(173, 159, 99)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6235, 0.3882

RGB percentages67.8%, 62.4%, 38.8%

HSLhsl(48.6, 31.1%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 42.8%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 42.8%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,378,531

CSS custom property--colour: #AD9F63;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34581WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.92:1

Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#52609C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AA9C5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#AEA165no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B79790no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.4 Tan · ΔE 15.5 Burlywood · ΔE 16 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.1 Wheat · ΔE 26.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6371AD

Analogous#AD7A63, #96AD63

Triadic#63AD9F, #9F63AD

Split complementary#6396AD, #7A63AD

Tetradic#63AD7A, #6371AD, #AD6396

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3F1E9

Lighter +30%#E2DDC7

Lighter +20%#D0C8A6

Lighter +10%#BFB484

Darker −10%#91844C

Darker −20%#6F653B

Darker −30%#4E4729

Darker −40%#2D2917

More saturated +25%#CBB145

Less saturated −25%#8F8D81

Channel breakdown

R173

G159

B99

Red173 (67.8%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue99 (38.8%)

Hue48.65°

Saturation (HSL)31.09%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 9F · B 63

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