#adac00

Color #adac00

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 21.6 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 15.5

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Conversions

HEX

#adac00

RGB

rgb(173, 172, 0)

HSL

hsl(59.7, 100%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(59.7, 100%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 100%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(68.31, -15.6, 70.43)

LCH

lch(68.31, 72.14, 102.49)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.1569, 109.36)

HWB

hwb(59.7, 0%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0001ad

Analogous

#ad5600

#adac00

#57ad00

Triadic

#adac00

#00adac

#ac00ad

Split-complementary

#adac00

#0057ad

#5600ad

Tetradic

#adac00

#01ad00

#0001ad

#ac00ad

Square

#adac00

#00ad56

#0001ad

#ad0057

Shades

Color #adac00 mixed toward black.

#908f00

#737300

#565600

#3a3900

#1d1d00

Tints

Color #adac00 mixed toward white.

#e5e400

#fffe1e

#fffe56

#fffe8f

#ffffc7

Tones

Color #adac00 mixed toward gray.

#9e9e0e

#908f1d

#82812b

#73733a

#656548

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adad59 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#adad63 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#ad757a · ΔE 43.8

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 27.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #adac00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adac00]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#adac00 (#adac00) is rgb(173, 172, 0) in RGB.

No, #adac00 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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