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#ADA51D

#ada51d ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ada51d is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 64.71% green and 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.62% magenta, 83.24% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 56.67°, with 71.29% saturation and 39.61% 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 8.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.98.

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Relative luminance0.3588

Complementary

  1. #ada51d
  2. #1d25ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada51d
  2. #1d6dad
  3. #5d1dad

Analogous

  1. #ad5d1d
  2. #ada51d
  3. #6dad1d

Triadic

  1. #ada51d
  2. #1dada5
  3. #a51dad

Tetradic

  1. #ada51d
  2. #25ad1d
  3. #1d25ad
  4. #a51dad

Square

  1. #ada51d
  2. #1dad5d
  3. #1d25ad
  4. #ad1d6d

Monochromatic

  1. #2a2807
  2. #6b6712
  3. #ada51d
  4. #ded539
  5. #e9e37a

Shades

#ada51d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada51d
  2. #9c951a
  3. #8a8417
  4. #797414
  5. #686311
  6. #57530f
  7. #45420c
  8. #343209
  9. #232106
  10. #111103
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada51d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada51d
  2. #b5ae34
  3. #bdb74a
  4. #c6c061
  5. #cec977
  6. #d6d28e
  7. #dedba5
  8. #e6e4bb
  9. #efedd2
  10. #f7f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada51d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada51d
  2. #a9a127
  3. #a49e31
  4. #a09a3b
  5. #9b9645
  6. #97934f
  7. #928f58
  8. #8e8b62
  9. #89876c
  10. #858476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a381 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a42a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba998d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a103 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a425 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b59e71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada51d {
  color: #ada51d;
}
Background
.bg-ada51d {
  background-color: #ada51d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada51d {
  border: 2px solid #ada51d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada51d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 165 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 71% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada51d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada51d, #6dad1d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada51d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 165 29 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.98 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.26 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.38 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.24 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.28 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.90 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 12.58 #525ae2 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada51d  rgb(173, 165, 29)  hsl(57, 71%, 40%)  Brass
#1d25ad  rgb(29, 37, 173)  hsl(237, 71%, 40%)  Zaffre
#1dada5  rgb(29, 173, 165)  hsl(177, 71%, 40%)  Light Sea Green
#a51dad  rgb(165, 29, 173)  hsl(297, 71%, 40%)  Dark Orchid