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#ADA403

#ada403 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ada403 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 64.31% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.2% magenta, 98.27% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 56.82°, with 96.59% saturation and 34.51% 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 corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.85.

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Relative luminance0.3544

Complementary

  1. #ada403
  2. #030cad

Split complementary

  1. #ada403
  2. #0361ad
  3. #4f03ad

Analogous

  1. #ad4f03
  2. #ada403
  3. #61ad03

Triadic

  1. #ada403
  2. #03ada4
  3. #a403ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada403
  2. #0cad03
  3. #030cad
  4. #a403ad

Square

  1. #ada403
  2. #03ad4f
  3. #030cad
  4. #ad0361

Monochromatic

  1. #171500
  2. #625d02
  3. #ada403
  4. #f8eb04
  5. #fcf34d

Shades

#ada403 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada403
  2. #9c9403
  3. #8a8302
  4. #797302
  5. #686202
  6. #575202
  7. #454201
  8. #343101
  9. #232101
  10. #111000
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada403 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada403
  2. #b5ad1c
  3. #bdb635
  4. #c6bf4f
  5. #cec868
  6. #d6d281
  7. #dedb9a
  8. #e6e4b3
  9. #efedcd
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada403 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada403
  2. #a9a010
  3. #a49d1c
  4. #a09929
  5. #9b9635
  6. #979242
  7. #928e4e
  8. #8e8b5b
  9. #898767
  10. #858474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a27f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49e00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a31c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb988b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a315 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b59d6e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada403 {
  color: #ada403;
}
Background
.bg-ada403 {
  background-color: #ada403;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada403 {
  border: 2px solid #ada403;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada403;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 164 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 97% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada403 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada403, #61ad03);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada403 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 164 3 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.85 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.57 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.04 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.31 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.28 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.33 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 12.58 #525bfc Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada403  rgb(173, 164, 3)  hsl(57, 97%, 35%)  Brass
#030cad  rgb(3, 12, 173)  hsl(237, 97%, 35%)  Zaffre
#03ada4  rgb(3, 173, 164)  hsl(177, 97%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a403ad  rgb(164, 3, 173)  hsl(297, 97%, 35%)  Dark Magenta