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#ADA700

#ada700 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ada700 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 65.49% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.47% magenta, 100% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 57.92°, with 100% saturation and 33.92% 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 corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.26.

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Relative luminance0.3652

Complementary

  1. #ada700
  2. #0006ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada700
  2. #005cad
  3. #5000ad

Analogous

  1. #ad5000
  2. #ada700
  3. #5cad00

Triadic

  1. #ada700
  2. #00ada7
  3. #a700ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada700
  2. #06ad00
  3. #0006ad
  4. #a700ad

Square

  1. #ada700
  2. #00ad50
  3. #0006ad
  4. #ad005c

Monochromatic

  1. #141400
  2. #605d00
  3. #ada700
  4. #f9f100
  5. #fff947

Shades

#ada700 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada700
  2. #9c9600
  3. #8a8600
  4. #797500
  5. #686400
  6. #575400
  7. #454300
  8. #343200
  9. #232100
  10. #111100
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada700 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada700
  2. #b5b01a
  3. #bdb933
  4. #c6c14d
  5. #ceca66
  6. #d6d380
  7. #dedc99
  8. #e6e5b3
  9. #efedcc
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada700 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada700
  2. #a9a30d
  3. #a49f1a
  4. #a09b26
  5. #9b9733
  6. #979440
  7. #92904d
  8. #8e8c5a
  9. #898866
  10. #858473
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a481 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a51c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb9b8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a614 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5a070 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada700 {
  color: #ada700;
}
Background
.bg-ada700 {
  background-color: #ada700;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada700 {
  border: 2px solid #ada700;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada700;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 167 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 100% 34%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada700 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada700, #5cad00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada700 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 167 0 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.26 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.62 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.08 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.71 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.08 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.43 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.20 #5258ff Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada700  rgb(173, 167, 0)  hsl(58, 100%, 34%)  Brass
#0006ad  rgb(0, 6, 173)  hsl(238, 100%, 34%)  Zaffre
#00ada7  rgb(0, 173, 167)  hsl(178, 100%, 34%)  Light Sea Green
#a700ad  rgb(167, 0, 173)  hsl(298, 100%, 34%)  Dark Magenta