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#ADA606

#ada606 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ada606 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 65.1% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.05% magenta, 96.53% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 57.49°, with 93.3% saturation and 35.1% 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 8.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.97.

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Relative luminance0.3617

Complementary

  1. #ada606
  2. #060dad

Split complementary

  1. #ada606
  2. #0660ad
  3. #5306ad

Analogous

  1. #ad5306
  2. #ada606
  3. #60ad06

Triadic

  1. #ada606
  2. #06ada6
  3. #a606ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada606
  2. #0dad06
  3. #060dad
  4. #a606ad

Square

  1. #ada606
  2. #06ad53
  3. #060dad
  4. #ad0660

Monochromatic

  1. #191801
  2. #635f03
  3. #ada606
  4. #f6ed09
  5. #f9f253

Shades

#ada606 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada606
  2. #9c9505
  3. #8a8505
  4. #797404
  5. #686404
  6. #575303
  7. #454202
  8. #343202
  9. #232101
  10. #111101
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada606 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada606
  2. #b5af1f
  3. #bdb838
  4. #c6c151
  5. #ceca6a
  6. #d6d383
  7. #dedb9b
  8. #e6e4b4
  9. #efedcd
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada606 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada606
  2. #a9a212
  3. #a49e1e
  4. #a09b2b
  5. #9b9737
  6. #979343
  7. #928f4f
  8. #8e8b5b
  9. #898868
  10. #858474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a481 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b59f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a41e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb9a8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a517 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b59f6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada606 {
  color: #ada606;
}
Background
.bg-ada606 {
  background-color: #ada606;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada606 {
  border: 2px solid #ada606;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada606;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 166 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 93% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada606 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada606, #60ad06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada606 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 166 6 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.97 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.55 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.95 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.54 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.01 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.69 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.41 #5259f9 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada606  rgb(173, 166, 6)  hsl(57, 93%, 35%)  Brass
#060dad  rgb(6, 13, 173)  hsl(237, 93%, 35%)  Zaffre
#06ada6  rgb(6, 173, 166)  hsl(177, 93%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a606ad  rgb(166, 6, 173)  hsl(297, 93%, 35%)  Dark Orchid