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#ADA703

#ada703 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ada703 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 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.47% magenta, 98.27% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 57.88°, with 96.59% saturation and 34.51% 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 8.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.18.

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Relative luminance0.3653

Complementary

  1. #ada703
  2. #0309ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada703
  2. #035ead
  3. #5203ad

Analogous

  1. #ad5203
  2. #ada703
  3. #5ead03

Triadic

  1. #ada703
  2. #03ada7
  3. #a703ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada703
  2. #09ad03
  3. #0309ad
  4. #a703ad

Square

  1. #ada703
  2. #03ad52
  3. #0309ad
  4. #ad035e

Monochromatic

  1. #171600
  2. #625e02
  3. #ada703
  4. #f8f004
  5. #fcf64d

Shades

#ada703 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada703
  2. #9c9603
  3. #8a8602
  4. #797502
  5. #686402
  6. #575402
  7. #454301
  8. #343201
  9. #232101
  10. #111100
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada703 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada703
  2. #b5b01c
  3. #bdb935
  4. #c6c14f
  5. #ceca68
  6. #d6d381
  7. #dedc9a
  8. #e6e5b3
  9. #efedcd
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada703 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada703
  2. #a9a310
  3. #a49f1c
  4. #a09b29
  5. #9b9735
  6. #979442
  7. #92904e
  8. #8e8c5b
  9. #898867
  10. #858474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.31:1 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 #b9a51d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb9b8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a616 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5a070 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada703 {
  color: #ada703;
}
Background
.bg-ada703 {
  background-color: #ada703;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada703 {
  border: 2px solid #ada703;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada703;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 167 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 97% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada703 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada703, #5ead03);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada703 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 167 3 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.18 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.60 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.02 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.69 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.00 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.41 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.22 #5258fc Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada703  rgb(173, 167, 3)  hsl(58, 97%, 35%)  Brass
#0309ad  rgb(3, 9, 173)  hsl(238, 97%, 35%)  Zaffre
#03ada7  rgb(3, 173, 167)  hsl(178, 97%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a703ad  rgb(167, 3, 173)  hsl(298, 97%, 35%)  Dark Orchid