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#ADA40F

#ada40f ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ada40f 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 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.2% magenta, 91.33% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 56.58°, with 84.04% saturation and 36.86% 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 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 4.5.

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Relative luminance0.3547

Complementary

  1. #ada40f
  2. #0f18ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada40f
  2. #0f67ad
  3. #550fad

Analogous

  1. #ad550f
  2. #ada40f
  3. #67ad0f

Triadic

  1. #ada40f
  2. #0fada4
  3. #a40fad

Tetradic

  1. #ada40f
  2. #18ad0f
  3. #0f18ad
  4. #a40fad

Square

  1. #ada40f
  2. #0fad55
  3. #0f18ad
  4. #ad0f67

Monochromatic

  1. #201f03
  2. #676109
  3. #ada40f
  4. #ebe01d
  5. #f2e963

Shades

#ada40f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada40f
  2. #9c940e
  3. #8a830c
  4. #79730b
  5. #686209
  6. #575208
  7. #454206
  8. #343105
  9. #232103
  10. #111002
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada40f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada40f
  2. #b5ad27
  3. #bdb63f
  4. #c6bf57
  5. #cec86f
  6. #d6d287
  7. #dedb9f
  8. #e6e4b7
  9. #efedcf
  10. #f7f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada40f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada40f
  2. #a9a01a
  3. #a49d26
  4. #a09931
  5. #9b963c
  6. #979248
  7. #928e53
  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 #b7a322 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb988b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a31c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b59d6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada40f {
  color: #ada40f;
}
Background
.bg-ada40f {
  background-color: #ada40f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada40f {
  border: 2px solid #ada40f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada40f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 164 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 84% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada40f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada40f, #67ad0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada40f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 164 15 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.50 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.49 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.77 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.25 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.95 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.28 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 12.54 #525bf0 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada40f  rgb(173, 164, 15)  hsl(57, 84%, 37%)  Brass
#0f18ad  rgb(15, 24, 173)  hsl(237, 84%, 37%)  Zaffre
#0fada4  rgb(15, 173, 164)  hsl(177, 84%, 37%)  Light Sea Green
#a40fad  rgb(164, 15, 173)  hsl(297, 84%, 37%)  Dark Orchid