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#ADA40D

#ada40d ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ada40d 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 5.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.2% magenta, 92.49% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 56.63°, with 86.02% saturation and 36.47% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.57.

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Relative luminance0.3546

Complementary

  1. #ada40d
  2. #0d16ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada40d
  2. #0d66ad
  3. #540dad

Analogous

  1. #ad540d
  2. #ada40d
  3. #66ad0d

Triadic

  1. #ada40d
  2. #0dada4
  3. #a40dad

Tetradic

  1. #ada40d
  2. #16ad0d
  3. #0d16ad
  4. #a40dad

Square

  1. #ada40d
  2. #0dad54
  3. #0d16ad
  4. #ad0d66

Monochromatic

  1. #1f1d02
  2. #666108
  3. #ada40d
  4. #eee219
  5. #f3eb60

Shades

#ada40d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada40d
  2. #9c940c
  3. #8a830a
  4. #797309
  5. #686208
  6. #575207
  7. #454205
  8. #343104
  9. #232103
  10. #111001
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada40d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada40d
  2. #b5ad25
  3. #bdb63d
  4. #c6bf56
  5. #cec86e
  6. #d6d286
  7. #dedb9e
  8. #e6e4b6
  9. #efedcf
  10. #f7f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada40d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada40d
  2. #a9a019
  3. #a49d24
  4. #a09930
  5. #9b963b
  6. #979247
  7. #928e52
  8. #8e8b5e
  9. #898769
  10. #858475
  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 #a6a280 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b39e00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a321 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb988b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a31a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b59d6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada40d {
  color: #ada40d;
}
Background
.bg-ada40d {
  background-color: #ada40d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada40d {
  border: 2px solid #ada40d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada40d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 164 13;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 86% 36%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada40d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada40d, #66ad0d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada40d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 164 13 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.57 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.50 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.82 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.26 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.02 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.29 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 12.55 #525bf2 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada40d  rgb(173, 164, 13)  hsl(57, 86%, 36%)  Brass
#0d16ad  rgb(13, 22, 173)  hsl(237, 86%, 36%)  Zaffre
#0dada4  rgb(13, 173, 164)  hsl(177, 86%, 36%)  Light Sea Green
#a40dad  rgb(164, 13, 173)  hsl(297, 86%, 36%)  Dark Orchid