Information about #ADAD84 color

#ADAD84 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#ADAD84 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 173, 132) — 67.8% red, 67.8% green, 51.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 0 / 16 / 32. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #ADAD84 reads as a calm, restrained golden yellow and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Stone (#ADA587). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Neutral Green (#AAA583) and Bland (#AFA88B).

The recipe behind #ADAD84 is rgb(173, 173, 132), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #ADAD84: 9.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #ADAD84 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#ADAD84 color variations

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

#ADAD84 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 #ADAD84

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

Stone color link
Stone

#ADA587

Bland color link
Bland

#AFA88B

Stun color link
Stun

#A7AC8B

Stone Age color link
Stone Age

#B6B285

Earthstone color link
Earthstone

#B5AF8B

Toi color link
Toi

#B7AD8B

Double Sisal color link
Double Sisal

#B2A286

Chino color link
Chino

#B8AD8A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ADAD84
  • RGB173, 173, 132
  • CMYK0, 0, 16, 32
  • CSSrgb(173, 173, 132)
  • HSL60°, 20%, 60%
  • HSL Precise60°, 20%, 59.804%
  • HSV60°, 24%, 68%
  • HSB60°, 24%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.518
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.678, 0.518)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.678, 0.518, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.678, 0.518)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB51.8%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDADAD84
  • DECIMAL ID11382148
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01