Recognised as Colour

#ADAE46

#ADAE46
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#ADAE46 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 174, 70 and HSL 61°, 43%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#ADAE46#ADAE46

HEX#ADAE46

RGBrgb(173, 174, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6824, 0.2745

RGB percentages67.8%, 68.2%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(60.6, 42.6%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60.6, 59.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK0.6%, 0%, 59.8%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,382,342

CSS custom property--colour: #ADAE46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39599WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.92:1

Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#5251B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBA73Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#BCAA4Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B8A498no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.3 Olive · ΔE 18 Olivedrab · ΔE 20.4 Khaki · ΔE 22.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4746AE

Analogous#AE7B46, #79AE46

Triadic#46ADAE, #AE46AD

Split complementary#4679AE, #7B46AE

Tetradic#46AE7B, #4746AE, #AE4679

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDEDD3

Lighter +30%#DEDFAE

Lighter +20%#CFD08A

Lighter +10%#C0C166

Darker −10%#898A37

Darker −20%#656529

Darker −30%#41411A

Darker −40%#1C1D0B

More saturated +25%#CBCD28

Less saturated −25%#8F9065

Channel breakdown

R173

G174

B70

Red173 (67.8%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue60.58°

Saturation (HSL)42.62%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AD · G AE · B 46

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Colour values

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