#adf917 Color Information

#adf917 Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #adf917. In RGB, it consists of 67.8% Red, 97.6% Green, and 9.0% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 30.5% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 90.8% Yellow, and 2.4% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 80.2°, with saturation of 95% and lightness of 53.3%. The decimal value for #adf917 is 11401495, and its nearest "web safe" color is #99ff00. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #adf917 is green. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is yellow. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is yellow.
  • HexHex code for this color#adf917 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color173, 249, 23 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color67.8%, 97.6%, 9.0% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.322, 0.024, 0.910 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.305, 0, 0.908, 0.024 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color80.2°, 95.0%, 53.3% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color80.2°, 90.8%, 97.6% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color51.264, 76.698, 12.913 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color23, 249, 99 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code11401495 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color90.182, -50.682, 84.811 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)90.182, 98.801, 120.862 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color90.182, -38.142, 103.321 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color87.577, -48.774, 52.562 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.364, 0.544, 76.698 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4289591575 / 0xffadf917 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#99ff00 Copy
Last Updated: December 12, 2024

Shades of #adf917

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #adf917, its pure hue is 80.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 95.0%, and its lightness is 53.3%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #adf917, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #161f03 to #97da14.

Tints of #adf917

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #adf917, its pure hue is 80.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 95.0%, and its lightness is 53.3%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #adf917, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #b7fa34 to #f5fee2.

Tones of #adf917

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #adf917, its pure hue is 80.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 95.0%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #adf917, which range from #888888 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #afff11 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #adf917

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #adf917! For #adf917, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #adf917. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #adf917

This color, #adf917, consists of 67.8% Red, 97.6% Green, and 9.0% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 173, Green = 249, Blue = 23. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #adf917 is 30.5% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 90.8% Yellow, and 2.4% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R67.8%
C30.5%
G97.6%
M0.0%
B9.0%
Y90.8%
K2.4%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 173 249 23
Octal 255 371 27
Hexa #ad #f9 #17
Binary 10101101 11111001 00010111
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 30 0 90 2
Octal 36 0 132 2
Hexa #1e #00 #5a #02
Binary 00011110 00000000 01011010 00000010

Analogous Colors of #adf917

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #adf917 — which has hue 80.2° — its analogous colors are located at 50.2° and 110.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #adf917.

Triadic Colors of #adf917

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #adf917 — which has hue 80.2° — its triadic colors are located at 80.2° and 320.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #adf917.

Complementary Color of #adf917

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #adf917 — which has hue 80.2° — its complementary color is located at 260.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #adf917.

Split Complementary Colors of #adf917

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #adf917 — which has hue 80.2° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 80.2° and 290.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #adf917.

Tetradic Colors of #adf917

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #adf917 — which has hue 80.2° — its tetradic colors are located at 350.2°, 80.2°, 170.2°, and 260.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #adf917.

Monochromatic Colors of #adf917

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #adf917, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #649306 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #d6fe8a (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #adf917

We want to make getting started with #adf917 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #adf917 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #adf917 can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #adf917 with other HTML elements.

#adf917 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #adf917.
<span style="color: #adf917;">The color of this text is #adf917.</span>

#adf917 Background Color

The background color for this text is #adf917.
<div style="background-color: #adf917; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #adf917.</div>

#adf917 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #adf917.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #adf917;">This color for the shadow of this text is #adf917.</span>

#adf917 Border Color

This is a div with border color #adf917.
<div style="border: #adf917 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #adf917.</div>

#adf917 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #adf917 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #adf917; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #adf917 on a white background.</div></div>

#adf917 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #adf917 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #adf917; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #adf917 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #adf917 to White

This is a gradient from #adf917 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#adf917,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#adf917,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#adf917,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#adf917,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #adf917 to white.</div>

Gradient from #adf917 to Black

This is a gradient from #adf917 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#adf917,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#adf917,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#adf917,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#adf917,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #adf917 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #adf917

In addition to using #adf917 on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #adf917 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #adf917, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 173, Green = 249, Blue = 23). If you need details about the color coordinates of #adf917 in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #adf917
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(173, 249, 23)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #adf917; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #adf917; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #adf917; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(173, 249, 23);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#adf917")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:173, green:249, blue:23, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:173 green:249 blue:23 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(173f, 249f, 23f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(173, 249, 23);
 

#adf917 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #adf917 the same way. For those with color blindness, #adf917 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #adf917 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #adf917 is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #adf917 looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #adf917 will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #adf917 is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 1.3:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
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