Information about #AD9820 color

#AD9820 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AD9820 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 152, 32) — 67.8% red, 59.6% green, 12.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 8 / 55 / 32. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#AD9820 is a vivid, lively yellow that carries an easy, daylight feel. It is a natural fit for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Lucky (#AB9A1C). Slightly further away sit Sahara (#B79826) and Buddha Gold (#BC9B1B).

In RGB terms — rgb(173, 152, 32) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 7.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.9:1. #AD9820 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#AD9820 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#AD9820 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #AD9820

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Lucky color link
Lucky

#AB9A1C

Sahara color link
Sahara

#B79826

Buddha Gold color link
Buddha Gold

#BC9B1B

Wazzup color link
Wazzup

#BC9425

Vintage Gold color link
Vintage Gold

#A28B23

Nugget color link
Nugget

#BC9229

Earls Green color link
Earls Green

#B8A722

Gold Foil color link
Gold Foil

#BD9B16

Vomit color link
Vomit

#A2A415

Citron color link
Citron

#9FA91F

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AD9820
  • RGB173, 152, 32
  • CMYK0, 8, 55, 32
  • CSSrgb(173, 152, 32)
  • HSL51°, 69%, 40%
  • HSL Precise51.064°, 68.78%, 40.196%
  • HSV51°, 82%, 68%
  • HSB51°, 82%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.596
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.125
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.596, 0.125)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.596, 0.125, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.596, 0.125)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB59.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB12.5%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAD9820
  • DECIMAL ID11376672
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01