#adba59

Color #adba59

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 12.55 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 12.1

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Conversions

HEX

#adba59

RGB

rgb(173, 186, 89)

HSL

hsl(68, 41.3%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68, 52.2%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 0%, 52.2%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(72.71, -18.62, 47.07)

LCH

lch(72.71, 50.62, 111.58)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.1231, 115.71)

HWB

hwb(68, 34.9%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6659ba

Analogous

#ba9659

#adba59

#7cba59

Triadic

#adba59

#59adba

#ba59ad

Split-complementary

#adba59

#597cba

#9659ba

Tetradic

#adba59

#59ba66

#6659ba

#ba59ad

Square

#adba59

#59ba96

#6659ba

#ba597c

Shades

Color #adba59 mixed toward black.

#95a243

#778136

#5a6128

#3c411b

#1e200d

Tints

Color #adba59 mixed toward white.

#bbc575

#c8d190

#d6dcac

#e4e8c8

#f1f3e3

Tones

Color #adba59 mixed toward gray.

#a7b261

#a1aa69

#9ba271

#959a79

#8f9281

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b37a · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#b2b180 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#ae8e92 · ΔE 36

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 23.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #adba59;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adba59]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#adba59 (#adba59) is rgb(173, 186, 89) in RGB.

No, #adba59 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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