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#ADA080

#ada080 ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ada080 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 62.75% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.51% magenta, 26.01% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 42.67°, with 21.53% saturation and 59.02% 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 8.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 6.93.

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Relative luminance0.3558

Complementary

  1. #ada080
  2. #808dad

Split complementary

  1. #ada080
  2. #80a3ad
  3. #8a80ad

Analogous

  1. #ad8a80
  2. #ada080
  3. #a3ad80

Triadic

  1. #ada080
  2. #80ada0
  3. #a080ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada080
  2. #8dad80
  3. #808dad
  4. #a080ad

Square

  1. #ada080
  2. #80ad8a
  3. #808dad
  4. #ad80a3

Monochromatic

  1. #5a513a
  2. #887a58
  3. #ada080
  4. #cbc3ae
  5. #e9e6dd

Shades

#ada080 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada080
  2. #9c9073
  3. #8a8066
  4. #79705a
  5. #68604d
  6. #575040
  7. #454033
  8. #343026
  9. #23201a
  10. #11100d
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada080 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada080
  2. #b5aa8d
  3. #bdb399
  4. #c6bda6
  5. #cec6b3
  6. #d6d0c0
  7. #ded9cc
  8. #e6e3d9
  9. #efece6
  10. #f7f6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada080 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada080
  2. #a99d80
  3. #a49a80
  4. #a09680
  5. #9b9380
  6. #979080
  7. #928d80
  8. #8e8a80
  9. #898680
  10. #858380
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a195 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a89f7e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba281 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b49b97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aa9f7f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aca181 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29d8f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada080 {
  color: #ada080;
}
Background
.bg-ada080 {
  background-color: #ada080;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada080 {
  border: 2px solid #ada080;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada080;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 160 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 22% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada080 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada080, #a3ad80);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada080 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 160 128 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.93 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.40 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 9.07 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 9.08 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 11.66 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 11.81 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 13.13 #525f7f Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Ecru
#ada080  rgb(173, 160, 128)  hsl(43, 22%, 59%)  Ecru
#808dad  rgb(128, 141, 173)  hsl(223, 22%, 59%)  Cool Gray
#80ada0  rgb(128, 173, 160)  hsl(163, 22%, 59%)  Cadet Blue
#a080ad  rgb(160, 128, 173)  hsl(283, 22%, 59%)  Purple Mountain Majesty