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Recognised as Colour

#ADB666

  • #ADB666
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#ADB666 is a yellow with RGB values 173, 182, 102 and HSL 67°, 35%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#ADB666#ADB666
HEX#ADB666
RGBrgb(173, 182, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7137, 0.4
RGB percentages67.8%, 71.4%, 40%
HSLhsl(66.7, 35.4%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(66.7, 44%, 71.4%)
CMYK4.9%, 0%, 44%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,384,422
CSS custom property--colour: #ADB666;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43299WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.66:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#524999

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0AF5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0B16Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B6AEA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6.7Khaki · ΔE 20.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.1Olivedrab · ΔE 23.7Burlywood · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6F66B6
Analogous#B69766, #85B666
Triadic#66ADB6, #B666AD
Split complementary#6685B6, #9766B6
Tetradic#66B697, #6F66B6, #B66685

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F8F0
Lighter +30%#E5E7CE
Lighter +20%#D2D7AB
Lighter +10%#C0C689
Darker −10%#949E4B
Darker −20%#747B3B
Darker −30%#53592A
Darker −40%#33361A
More saturated +25%#C3D24A
Less saturated −25%#979A82

Channel breakdown

R173
G182
B102
Red173 (67.8%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue66.75°
Saturation (HSL)35.4%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AD · G B6 · B 66

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