Recognised as Colour

#ADA948

#ADA948
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#ADA948 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 169, 72 and HSL 58°, 41%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#ADA948#ADA948

HEX#ADA948

RGBrgb(173, 169, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6627, 0.2824

RGB percentages67.8%, 66.3%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(57.6, 41.2%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.6, 58.4%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 2.3%, 58.4%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,381,064

CSS custom property--colour: #ADA948;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.55:1

Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#5256B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6A33Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8A74Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B99F94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.9 Olive · ΔE 17.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 21.4 Khaki · ΔE 23.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#484CAD

Analogous#AD7648, #7FAD48

Triadic#48ADA9, #A948AD

Split complementary#487EAD, #7748AD

Tetradic#48AD76, #484CAD, #AD487E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDECD4

Lighter +30%#DEDCB0

Lighter +20%#CFCC8C

Lighter +10%#C0BD68

Darker −10%#898639

Darker −20%#65632A

Darker −30%#413F1B

Darker −40%#1D1C0C

More saturated +25%#CCC529

Less saturated −25%#8E8D67

Channel breakdown

R173

G169

B72

Red173 (67.8%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue57.62°

Saturation (HSL)41.22%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G A9 · B 48

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