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Recognised as Colour

#ADAA6D

  • #ADAA6D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#ADAA6D is a yellow with RGB values 173, 170, 109 and HSL 57°, 28%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#ADAA6D#ADAA6D
HEX#ADAA6D
RGBrgb(173, 170, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6667, 0.4275
RGB percentages67.8%, 66.7%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(57.2, 28.1%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(57.2, 37%, 67.8%)
CMYK0%, 1.7%, 37%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,381,357
CSS custom property--colour: #ADAA6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#525592

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4A669no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5A96Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B6A39Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.9Tan · ΔE 16.5Burlywood · ΔE 17.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.1Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.6Wheat · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D70AD
Analogous#AD8A6D, #90AD6D
Triadic#6DADAA, #AA6DAD
Split complementary#6D90AD, #8A6DAD
Tetradic#6DAD8A, #6D70AD, #AD6D90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F6F0
Lighter +30%#E4E3CF
Lighter +20%#D2D0AE
Lighter +10%#BFBD8E
Darker −10%#949153
Darker −20%#737141
Darker −30%#53512E
Darker −40%#32311C
More saturated +25%#CAC451
Less saturated −25%#91908A

Channel breakdown

R173
G170
B109
Red173 (67.8%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue57.19°
Saturation (HSL)28.07%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AD · G AA · B 6D

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