Colour

#ADA277

#ADA277
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#ADA277 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 162, 119 and HSL 48°, 25%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#ADA277#ADA277

HEX#ADA277

RGBrgb(173, 162, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6353, 0.4667

RGB percentages67.8%, 63.5%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(47.8, 24.8%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.8, 31.2%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 6.4%, 31.2%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,379,319

CSS custom property--colour: #ADA277;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.21:1

Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#525D88

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ABA074no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AEA478no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B59C97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11.5 Burlywood · ΔE 15.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.5 Wheat · ΔE 23.2 Dark grey · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 11.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7782AD

Analogous#AD8777, #9DAD77

Triadic#77ADA2, #A277AD

Split complementary#779DAD, #8777AD

Tetradic#77AD87, #7782AD, #AD779D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF9F6

Lighter +30%#E7E3D6

Lighter +20%#D3CEB7

Lighter +10%#C0B897

Darker −10%#968A5B

Darker −20%#776D47

Darker −30%#575034

Darker −40%#373221

More saturated +25%#C8B25C

Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R173

G162

B119

Red173 (67.8%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue47.78°

Saturation (HSL)24.77%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G A2 · B 77

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