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#ADA044

#ada044 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ada044 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 26.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.51% magenta, 60.69% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 52.57°, with 43.57% saturation and 47.25% 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 7.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.22.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3444

Complementary

  1. #ada044
  2. #4451ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada044
  2. #4485ad
  3. #6b44ad

Analogous

  1. #ad6b44
  2. #ada044
  3. #85ad44

Triadic

  1. #ada044
  2. #44ada0
  3. #a044ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada044
  2. #51ad44
  3. #4451ad
  4. #a044ad

Square

  1. #ada044
  2. #44ad6b
  3. #4451ad
  4. #ad4485

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3a19
  2. #766d2e
  3. #ada044
  4. #c9be75
  5. #ded8ac

Shades

#ada044 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada044
  2. #9c903d
  3. #8a8036
  4. #797030
  5. #686029
  6. #575022
  7. #45401b
  8. #343014
  9. #23200e
  10. #111007
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada044 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada044
  2. #b5aa57
  3. #bdb369
  4. #c6bd7c
  5. #cec68f
  6. #d6d0a2
  7. #ded9b4
  8. #e6e3c7
  9. #efecda
  10. #f7f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada044 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada044
  2. #a99d4a
  3. #a49a50
  4. #a09656
  5. #9b935c
  6. #979062
  7. #928d68
  8. #8e8a6e
  9. #898674
  10. #85837a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a59f84 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9b3a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a149 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9968c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9d3e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a147 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b59a76 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada044 {
  color: #ada044;
}
Background
.bg-ada044 {
  background-color: #ada044;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada044 {
  border: 2px solid #ada044;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada044;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 160 68;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 44% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada044 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada044, #85ad44);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada044 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 160 68 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.22 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.95 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.32 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.24 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.21 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.98 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.98 #525fbb Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Brass
#ada044  rgb(173, 160, 68)  hsl(53, 44%, 47%)  Brass
#4451ad  rgb(68, 81, 173)  hsl(233, 44%, 47%)  Sapphire
#44ada0  rgb(68, 173, 160)  hsl(173, 44%, 47%)  Light Sea Green
#a044ad  rgb(160, 68, 173)  hsl(293, 44%, 47%)  Purpureus