#adea12 Color Information

#adea12 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 #adea12. In RGB, it consists of 67.8% Red, 91.8% Green, and 7.1% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 26.1% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 92.3% Yellow, and 8.2% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 76.9°, with saturation of 85.7% and lightness of 49.4%. The decimal value for #adea12 is 11397650, and its nearest "web safe" color is #99ff00. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #adea12 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#adea12 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color173, 234, 18 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color67.8%, 91.8%, 7.1% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.322, 0.082, 0.929 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.261, 0, 0.923, 0.082 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color76.9°, 85.7%, 49.4% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color76.9°, 92.3%, 91.8% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color46.766, 67.773, 11.189 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color18, 234, 79 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code11397650 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color85.893, -44.465, 81.999 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)85.893, 93.279, 118.469 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color85.893, -30.492, 97.953 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color82.325, -42.669, 49.569 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.372, 0.539, 67.773 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4289587730 / 0xffadea12 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#99ff00 Copy
Last Updated: May 30, 2025

Shades of #adea12

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #adea12, its pure hue is 76.9° on the color wheel and its saturation is 85.7%, and its lightness is 49.4%. 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 #adea12, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #161d02 to #97cd10.

Tints of #adea12

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #adea12, its pure hue is 76.9° on the color wheel and its saturation is 85.7%, and its lightness is 49.4%. 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 #adea12, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #b7ed30 to #f5fce1.

Tones of #adea12

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #adea12, its pure hue is 76.9° on the color wheel and its saturation is 85.7%, 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 #adea12, which range from #7e7e7e (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #b5fc00 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #adea12

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #adea12! For #adea12, 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, #adea12. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #adea12

This color, #adea12, consists of 67.8% Red, 91.8% Green, and 7.1% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 173, Green = 234, Blue = 18. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #adea12 is 26.1% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 92.3% Yellow, and 8.2% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R67.8%
C26.1%
G91.8%
M0.0%
B7.1%
Y92.3%
K8.2%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 173 234 18
Octal 255 352 22
Hexa #ad #ea #12
Binary 10101101 11101010 00010010
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 26 0 92 8
Octal 32 0 134 10
Hexa #1a #00 #5c #08
Binary 00011010 00000000 01011100 00001000

Analogous Colors of #adea12

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #adea12 — which has hue 76.9° — its analogous colors are located at 46.9° and 106.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #adea12.

Triadic Colors of #adea12

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 #adea12 — which has hue 76.9° — its triadic colors are located at 76.9° and 316.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #adea12.

Complementary Color of #adea12

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #adea12 — which has hue 76.9° — its complementary color is located at 256.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #adea12.

Split Complementary Colors of #adea12

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 #adea12 — which has hue 76.9° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 76.9° and 286.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #adea12.

Tetradic Colors of #adea12

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 #adea12 — which has hue 76.9° — its tetradic colors are located at 346.9°, 76.9°, 166.9°, and 256.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #adea12.

Monochromatic Colors of #adea12

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #adea12, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #55710e — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #d8fa80 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #adea12

We want to make getting started with #adea12 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #adea12 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #adea12 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 #adea12 with other HTML elements.

#adea12 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #adea12.
<span style="color: #adea12;">The color of this text is #adea12.</span>

#adea12 Background Color

The background color for this text is #adea12.
<div style="background-color: #adea12; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #adea12.</div>

#adea12 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #adea12.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #adea12;">This color for the shadow of this text is #adea12.</span>

#adea12 Border Color

This is a div with border color #adea12.
<div style="border: #adea12 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #adea12.</div>

#adea12 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #adea12 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #adea12; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #adea12 on a white background.</div></div>

#adea12 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #adea12 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #adea12; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #adea12 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #adea12 to White

This is a gradient from #adea12 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#adea12,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#adea12,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#adea12,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#adea12,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #adea12 to white.</div>

Gradient from #adea12 to Black

This is a gradient from #adea12 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#adea12,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#adea12,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#adea12,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#adea12,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #adea12 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #adea12

In addition to using #adea12 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 #adea12 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #adea12, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 173, Green = 234, Blue = 18). If you need details about the color coordinates of #adea12 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 #adea12
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(173, 234, 18)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #adea12; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #adea12; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #adea12; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(173, 234, 18);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#adea12")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:173, green:234, blue:18, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:173 green:234 blue:18 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(173f, 234f, 18f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(173, 234, 18);
 

#adea12 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #adea12 the same way. For those with color blindness, #adea12 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #adea12 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #adea12 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 #adea12 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 #adea12 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 #adea12 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 1.4:1 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
Large Size Text