Colour

#ADA172

#ADA172
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#ADA172 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 161, 114 and HSL 48°, 26%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#ADA172#ADA172

HEX#ADA172

RGBrgb(173, 161, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6314, 0.4471

RGB percentages67.8%, 63.1%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(47.8, 26.5%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.8, 34.1%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 6.9%, 34.1%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,379,058

CSS custom property--colour: #ADA172;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35589WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.12:1

Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#525E8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AA9F6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AEA374no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B69A95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11.9 Burlywood · ΔE 15.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.2 Wheat · ΔE 23.6 Navajo white · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 11.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#727EAD

Analogous#AD8472, #9CAD72

Triadic#72ADA1, #A172AD

Split complementary#729CAD, #8472AD

Tetradic#72AD83, #727EAD, #AD729C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8F7F3

Lighter +30%#E5E1D3

Lighter +20%#D3CCB2

Lighter +10%#C0B692

Darker −10%#958957

Darker −20%#756B44

Darker −30%#554E31

Darker −40%#34301F

More saturated +25%#C9B256

Less saturated −25%#91908E

Channel breakdown

R173

G161

B114

Red173 (67.8%)

Green161 (63.1%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue47.8°

Saturation (HSL)26.46%

Lightness56.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G A1 · B 72

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