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#ADA690

#ada690 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ada690 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 65.1% green and 56.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.05% magenta, 16.76% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 45.52°, with 15.03% saturation and 62.16% 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 8.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 8.71.

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Relative luminance0.3817

Complementary

  1. #ada690
  2. #9097ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada690
  2. #90a6ad
  3. #9890ad

Analogous

  1. #ad9890
  2. #ada690
  3. #a6ad90

Triadic

  1. #ada690
  2. #90ada6
  3. #a690ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada690
  2. #97ad90
  3. #9097ad
  4. #a690ad

Square

  1. #ada690
  2. #90ad98
  3. #9097ad
  4. #ad90a6

Monochromatic

  1. #5e5846
  2. #8a8266
  3. #ada690
  4. #cec9bc
  5. #eeede8

Shades

#ada690 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada690
  2. #9c9582
  3. #8a8573
  4. #797465
  5. #686456
  6. #575348
  7. #45423a
  8. #34322b
  9. #23211d
  10. #11110e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada690 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada690
  2. #b5af9b
  3. #bdb8a6
  4. #c6c1b1
  5. #cecabc
  6. #d6d3c8
  7. #dedbd3
  8. #e6e4de
  9. #efede9
  10. #f7f6f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada690 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada690
  2. #a9a28e
  3. #a49e8d
  4. #a09b8b
  5. #9b978a
  6. #979388
  7. #928f86
  8. #8e8b85
  9. #898883
  10. #858482
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a69e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aba58f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ada791 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2a2a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aca58f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ada790 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0a49a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada690 {
  color: #ada690;
}
Background
.bg-ada690 {
  background-color: #ada690;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada690 {
  border: 2px solid #ada690;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada690;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 166 144;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 15% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada690 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada690, #a6ad90);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada690 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 166 144 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.71 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.86 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.76 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.76 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 10.60 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 11.01 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 12.07 #52596f Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Sage
#ada690  rgb(173, 166, 144)  hsl(46, 15%, 62%)  Sage
#9097ad  rgb(144, 151, 173)  hsl(226, 15%, 62%)  Cool Gray
#90ada6  rgb(144, 173, 166)  hsl(166, 15%, 62%)  Opal
#a690ad  rgb(166, 144, 173)  hsl(286, 15%, 62%)  Pastel Purple