Colour

#ADAC86

#ADAC86
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#ADAC86 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 172, 134 and HSL 58°, 19%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#ADAC86#ADAC86

HEX#ADAC86

RGBrgb(173, 172, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6745, 0.5255

RGB percentages67.8%, 67.5%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(58.5, 19.2%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.5, 22.5%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 0.6%, 22.5%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,381,894

CSS custom property--colour: #ADAC86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.02:1

Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#525379

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3A984no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4AB87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B3A7A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 13.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.1 Burlywood · ΔE 18.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.1 Dark grey · ΔE 20.6 Wheat · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 13.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8687AD

Analogous#AD9986, #9BAD86

Triadic#86ADAC, #AC86AD

Split complementary#869BAD, #9986AD

Tetradic#86AD99, #8687AD, #AD869B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EBEBE1

Lighter +20%#D6D6C3

Lighter +10%#C2C1A4

Darker −10%#989768

Darker −20%#7A7953

Darker −30%#5C5B3E

Darker −40%#3D3D2A

More saturated +25%#C6C46D

Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R173

G172

B134

Red173 (67.8%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue58.46°

Saturation (HSL)19.21%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G AC · B 86

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