Colour

#ADA160

#ADA160
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#ADA160 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 161, 96 and HSL 51°, 32%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#ADA160#ADA160

HEX#ADA160

RGBrgb(173, 161, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6314, 0.3765

RGB percentages67.8%, 63.1%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(50.6, 32%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 44.5%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 6.9%, 44.5%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,379,040

CSS custom property--colour: #ADA160;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.04:1

Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#525E9F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC9E5Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0A263no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B79891no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.3 Burlywood · ΔE 17.2 Tan · ΔE 17.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.3 Khaki · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.29, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#606CAD

Analogous#AD7B60, #93AD60

Triadic#60ADA1, #A160AD

Split complementary#6092AD, #7B60AD

Tetradic#60AD7A, #606CAD, #AD6092

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2F1E7

Lighter +30%#E1DDC5

Lighter +20%#D0C9A3

Lighter +10%#BEB582

Darker −10%#90854A

Darker −20%#6E6639

Darker −30%#4D4727

Darker −40%#2B2816

More saturated +25%#CBB642

Less saturated −25%#8F8C7E

Channel breakdown

R173

G161

B96

Red173 (67.8%)

Green161 (63.1%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue50.65°

Saturation (HSL)31.95%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G A1 · B 60

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