Information about #AD9601 color

#AD9601 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AD9601 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 150, 1) — 67.8% red, 58.8% green, 0.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 9 / 67 / 32. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#AD9601 is a pure, full-strength golden yellow that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Light Gold (#B29700). Slightly further away sit Strong Gold (#A89300) and Baby Poo (#AB9004).

The recipe behind #AD9601 is rgb(173, 150, 1), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AD9601: 7.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.9:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#AD9601 color variations

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

#AD9601 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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Gorse

#FDE336
#FEEC79

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White

#FFFFFF

#AD9601 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#AD9601 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#AD9601 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#AD9601 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
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#0118AD
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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
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#4001AD
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#016EAD
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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
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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
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#01AD96
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#9601AD
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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#18AD01
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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#0118AD
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#AD016E
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Nearest named colors to #AD9601

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

Light Gold color link
Light Gold

#B29700

Strong Gold color link
Strong Gold

#A89300

Baby Poo color link
Baby Poo

#AB9004

Yellow Brown color link
Yellow Brown

#B79400

Dark Mustard color link
Dark Mustard

#A88905

Golden Palm color link
Golden Palm

#AA8805

Yellowy Brown color link
Yellowy Brown

#AE8B0C

Puke color link
Puke

#A5A502

Strong Olive color link
Strong Olive

#A8A800

Egypt Gold color link
Egypt Gold

#C09300

Ocher color link
Ocher

#BF9B0C

Dark Goldenrod color link
Dark Goldenrod

#B8860B

#AD9601 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AD9601
  • RGB173, 150, 1
  • CMYK0, 9, 67, 32
  • CSSrgb(173, 150, 1)
  • HSL52°, 99%, 34%
  • HSL Precise51.977°, 98.851%, 34.118%
  • HSV52°, 99%, 68%
  • HSB52°, 99%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.588
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.004
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.588, 0.004)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.588, 0.004, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.588, 0.004)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB58.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB0.4%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDAD9601
  • DECIMAL ID11376129
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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