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#ADA331

#ada331 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ada331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 63.92% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.78% magenta, 71.68% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 55.16°, with 55.86% saturation and 43.53% 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 8.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.46.

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Relative luminance0.353

Complementary

  1. #ada331
  2. #313bad

Split complementary

  1. #ada331
  2. #3179ad
  3. #6531ad

Analogous

  1. #ad6531
  2. #ada331
  3. #79ad31

Triadic

  1. #ada331
  2. #31ada3
  3. #a331ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada331
  2. #3bad31
  3. #313bad
  4. #a331ad

Square

  1. #ada331
  2. #31ad65
  3. #313bad
  4. #ad3179

Monochromatic

  1. #36330f
  2. #716b20
  3. #ada331
  4. #d0c75a
  5. #e1db96

Shades

#ada331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada331
  2. #9c932c
  3. #8a8227
  4. #797222
  5. #68621d
  6. #575219
  7. #454114
  8. #34310f
  9. #23210a
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada331
  2. #b5ac46
  3. #bdb55a
  4. #c6bf6f
  5. #cec883
  6. #d6d198
  7. #dedaad
  8. #e6e3c1
  9. #efedd6
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada331
  2. #a9a039
  3. #a49c41
  4. #a09949
  5. #9b9551
  6. #979259
  7. #928e60
  8. #8e8b68
  9. #898770
  10. #858478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a182 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29d1e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a339 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba988d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a027 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a336 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b59c73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada331 {
  color: #ada331;
}
Background
.bg-ada331 {
  background-color: #ada331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada331 {
  border: 2px solid #ada331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 163 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 56% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada331, #79ad31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 163 49 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.46 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.35 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.43 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.16 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.02 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.67 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.99 #525cce Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada331  rgb(173, 163, 49)  hsl(55, 56%, 44%)  Brass
#313bad  rgb(49, 59, 173)  hsl(235, 56%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#31ada3  rgb(49, 173, 163)  hsl(175, 56%, 44%)  Light Sea Green
#a331ad  rgb(163, 49, 173)  hsl(295, 56%, 44%)  Purpureus