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#ADA02E

#ada02e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ada02e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 62.75% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.51% magenta, 73.41% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 53.86°, with 57.99% saturation and 42.94% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.61.

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Relative luminance0.3422

Complementary

  1. #ada02e
  2. #2e3bad

Split complementary

  1. #ada02e
  2. #2e7aad
  3. #612ead

Analogous

  1. #ad612e
  2. #ada02e
  3. #7aad2e

Triadic

  1. #ada02e
  2. #2eada0
  3. #a02ead

Tetradic

  1. #ada02e
  2. #3bad2e
  3. #2e3bad
  4. #a02ead

Square

  1. #ada02e
  2. #2ead61
  3. #2e3bad
  4. #ad2e7a

Monochromatic

  1. #34300e
  2. #71681e
  3. #ada02e
  4. #d2c556
  5. #e2da92

Shades

#ada02e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada02e
  2. #9c9029
  3. #8a8025
  4. #797020
  5. #68601c
  6. #575017
  7. #454012
  8. #34300e
  9. #232009
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada02e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada02e
  2. #b5aa43
  3. #bdb358
  4. #c6bd6d
  5. #cec682
  6. #d6d097
  7. #ded9ab
  8. #e6e3c0
  9. #efecd5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada02e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada02e
  2. #a99d36
  3. #a49a3e
  4. #a09647
  5. #9b934f
  6. #979057
  7. #928d5f
  8. #8e8a67
  9. #898670
  10. #858378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a49f80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9b1a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a136 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba958a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae9d23 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a033 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b59970 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada02e {
  color: #ada02e;
}
Background
.bg-ada02e {
  background-color: #ada02e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada02e {
  border: 2px solid #ada02e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada02e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 160 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 58% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada02e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada02e, #7aad2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada02e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 160 46 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.61 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.74 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.59 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.76 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.86 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.79 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 12.19 #525fd1 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#ada02e  rgb(173, 160, 46)  hsl(54, 58%, 43%)  Brass
#2e3bad  rgb(46, 59, 173)  hsl(234, 58%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#2eada0  rgb(46, 173, 160)  hsl(174, 58%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a02ead  rgb(160, 46, 173)  hsl(294, 58%, 43%)  Dark Orchid