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#ADA342

#ada342 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ada342 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 25.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.78% magenta, 61.85% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 54.39°, with 44.77% saturation and 46.86% 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 8.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 1.91.

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Relative luminance0.3547

Complementary

  1. #ada342
  2. #424cad

Split complementary

  1. #ada342
  2. #4281ad
  3. #6d42ad

Analogous

  1. #ad6d42
  2. #ada342
  3. #81ad42

Triadic

  1. #ada342
  2. #42ada3
  3. #a342ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada342
  2. #4cad42
  3. #424cad
  4. #a342ad

Square

  1. #ada342
  2. #42ad6d
  3. #424cad
  4. #ad4281

Monochromatic

  1. #3e3b18
  2. #766f2d
  3. #ada342
  4. #c9c172
  5. #ded9aa

Shades

#ada342 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada342
  2. #9c933b
  3. #8a8235
  4. #79722e
  5. #686228
  6. #575221
  7. #45411a
  8. #343114
  9. #23210d
  10. #111007
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada342 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada342
  2. #b5ac55
  3. #bdb568
  4. #c6bf7b
  5. #cec88e
  6. #d6d1a1
  7. #dedab3
  8. #e6e3c6
  9. #efedd9
  10. #f7f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada342 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada342
  2. #a9a048
  3. #a49c4e
  4. #a09955
  5. #9b955b
  6. #979261
  7. #928e67
  8. #8e8b6d
  9. #898774
  10. #85847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a285 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19e37 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a347 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9988e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afa03c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a345 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b59d77 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada342 {
  color: #ada342;
}
Background
.bg-ada342 {
  background-color: #ada342;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada342 {
  border: 2px solid #ada342;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada342;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 163 66;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 45% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada342 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada342, #81ad42);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada342 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 163 66 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 1.91 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.64 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.82 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.90 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.33 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.30 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.92 #525cbd Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada342  rgb(173, 163, 66)  hsl(54, 45%, 47%)  Brass
#424cad  rgb(66, 76, 173)  hsl(234, 45%, 47%)  Ocean Blue
#42ada3  rgb(66, 173, 163)  hsl(174, 45%, 47%)  Light Sea Green
#a342ad  rgb(163, 66, 173)  hsl(294, 45%, 47%)  Purpureus