Recognised as Colour

#ADAB69

#ADAB69
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#ADAB69 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 171, 105 and HSL 58°, 29%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#ADAB69#ADAB69

HEX#ADAB69

RGBrgb(173, 171, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6706, 0.4118

RGB percentages67.8%, 67.1%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(58.2, 29.3%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.2, 39.3%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 1.2%, 39.3%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,381,609

CSS custom property--colour: #ADAB69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3903WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.81:1

Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#525496

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5A664no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B7A96Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B6A39Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6.9 Tan · ΔE 18.4 Burlywood · ΔE 18.8 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.7 Khaki · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.86, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#696BAD

Analogous#AD8969, #8DAD69

Triadic#69ADAB, #AB69AD

Split complementary#698DAD, #8969AD

Tetradic#69AD89, #696BAD, #AD698D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5F5ED

Lighter +30%#E3E2CC

Lighter +20%#D1D0AB

Lighter +10%#BFBD8A

Darker −10%#939150

Darker −20%#72703E

Darker −30%#51502C

Darker −40%#302F1A

More saturated +25%#CAC64C

Less saturated −25%#909086

Channel breakdown

R173

G171

B105

Red173 (67.8%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue58.24°

Saturation (HSL)29.31%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G AB · B 69

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Colour values

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