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Recognised as Colour

#ADA665

  • #ADA665
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#ADA665 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 166, 101 and HSL 54°, 31%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#ADA665#ADA665
HEX#ADA665
RGBrgb(173, 166, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.651, 0.3961
RGB percentages67.8%, 65.1%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(54.2, 30.5%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54.2, 41.6%, 67.8%)
CMYK0%, 4%, 41.6%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,380,325
CSS custom property--colour: #ADA665;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.42:1
Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#52599A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1A260no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3A668no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#B79E96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 7.9Tan · ΔE 17.5Burlywood · ΔE 17.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 24Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.1Khaki · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 7.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#656CAD
Analogous#AD8265, #90AD65
Triadic#65ADA6, #A665AD
Split complementary#6590AD, #8265AD
Tetradic#65AD82, #656CAD, #AD6590

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F3EA
Lighter +30%#E2E0C9
Lighter +20%#D0CCA8
Lighter +10%#BFB986
Darker −10%#928B4D
Darker −20%#706B3C
Darker −30%#4F4B2A
Darker −40%#2E2C18
More saturated +25%#CBBE48
Less saturated −25%#908E83

Channel breakdown

R173
G166
B101
Red173 (67.8%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue54.17°
Saturation (HSL)30.51%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AD · G A6 · B 65

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