Recognised as Colour

#ADA279

#ADA279
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#ADA279 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 162, 121 and HSL 47°, 24%, 58%. 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

#ADA279#ADA279

HEX#ADA279

RGBrgb(173, 162, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6353, 0.4745

RGB percentages67.8%, 63.5%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(47.3, 24.1%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.3, 30.1%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 6.4%, 30.1%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,379,321

CSS custom property--colour: #ADA279;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.22:1

Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#525D86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ABA076no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AEA47Ano 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 20 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11.4 Burlywood · ΔE 15.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.5 Dark grey · ΔE 23.1 Wheat · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)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#7984AD

Analogous#AD8879, #9EAD79

Triadic#79ADA2, #A279AD

Split complementary#799EAD, #8879AD

Tetradic#79AD88, #7984AD, #AD799E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAFAF8

Lighter +30%#E7E4D8

Lighter +20%#D4CEB8

Lighter +10%#C0B899

Darker −10%#978A5C

Darker −20%#776D49

Darker −30%#575036

Darker −40%#383322

More saturated +25%#C8B25E

Less saturated −25%#939393

Channel breakdown

R173

G162

B121

Red173 (67.8%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue47.31°

Saturation (HSL)24.07%

Lightness57.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G A2 · B 79

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