Information about #ADAF12 color

#ADAF12 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#ADAF12 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 175, 18) — 67.8% red, 68.6% green, 7.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 1 / 0 / 62 / 31. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #ADAF12 reads as a strongly colored golden yellow and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Snot (#ACBB0D). Slightly further away sit Vomit (#A2A415) and Citrus (#9FB70A).

The recipe behind #ADAF12 is rgb(173, 175, 18), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 8.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #ADAF12 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#ADAF12 color variations

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

#ADAF12 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 #ADAF12

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

Snot color link
Snot

#ACBB0D

Vomit color link
Vomit

#A2A415

Citrus color link
Citrus

#9FB70A

Acid Green color link
Acid Green

#B0BF1A

Strong Olive color link
Strong Olive

#A8A800

Citron color link
Citron

#9FA91F

Bahia color link
Bahia

#A9C01C

Puke color link
Puke

#A5A502

Gross Green color link
Gross Green

#A0BF16

Earls Green color link
Earls Green

#B8A722

La Rioja color link
La Rioja

#BAC00E

Puke Green color link
Puke Green

#9AAE07

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ADAF12
  • RGB173, 175, 18
  • CMYK1, 0, 62, 31
  • CSSrgb(173, 175, 18)
  • HSL61°, 81%, 38%
  • HSL Precise60.764°, 81.347%, 37.843%
  • HSV61°, 90%, 69%
  • HSB61°, 90%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.071
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.686, 0.071)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.686, 0.071, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.686, 0.071)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB68.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB7.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDADAF12
  • DECIMAL ID11382546
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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