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Recognised as Colour

#ADA031

  • #ADA031
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#ADA031 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 160, 49 and HSL 54°, 56%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#ADA031#ADA031
HEX#ADA031
RGBrgb(173, 160, 49)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6275, 0.1922
RGB percentages67.8%, 62.7%, 19.2%
HSLhsl(53.7, 55.9%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.7, 71.7%, 67.8%)
CMYK0%, 7.5%, 71.7%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,378,737
CSS custom property--colour: #ADA031;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34248WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.85:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#525FCE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AF9B1Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3A138no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#BA958Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.2Dark khaki · ΔE 19Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.9Goldenrod · ΔE 21.4Olivedrab · ΔE 23.7Khaki · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#313EAD
Analogous#AD6231, #7CAD31
Triadic#31ADA0, #A031AD
Split complementary#317CAD, #6231AD
Tetradic#31AD62, #313EAD, #AD317C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE8BE
Lighter +30%#E1D996
Lighter +20%#D6CB6E
Lighter +10%#CBBD46
Darker −10%#857B26
Darker −20%#5E561A
Darker −30%#36320F
Darker −40%#0E0D04
More saturated +25%#C9B615
Less saturated −25%#918A4D

Channel breakdown

R173
G160
B49
Red173 (67.8%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue49 (19.2%)
Hue53.71°
Saturation (HSL)55.86%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AD · G A0 · B 31

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