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#ADA705

#ada705 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ada705 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 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.47% magenta, 97.11% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 57.86°, with 94.38% saturation and 34.9% 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 5.13.

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Relative luminance0.3653

Complementary

  1. #ada705
  2. #050bad

Split complementary

  1. #ada705
  2. #055fad
  3. #5305ad

Analogous

  1. #ad5305
  2. #ada705
  3. #5fad05

Triadic

  1. #ada705
  2. #05ada7
  3. #a705ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada705
  2. #0bad05
  3. #050bad
  4. #a705ad

Square

  1. #ada705
  2. #05ad53
  3. #050bad
  4. #ad055f

Monochromatic

  1. #181701
  2. #635f03
  3. #ada705
  4. #f7ef07
  5. #faf451

Shades

#ada705 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada705
  2. #9c9605
  3. #8a8604
  4. #797504
  5. #686403
  6. #575403
  7. #454302
  8. #343202
  9. #232101
  10. #111101
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada705 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada705
  2. #b5b01e
  3. #bdb937
  4. #c6c150
  5. #ceca69
  6. #d6d382
  7. #dedc9b
  8. #e6e5b4
  9. #efedcd
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada705 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada705
  2. #a9a311
  3. #a49f1e
  4. #a09b2a
  5. #9b9736
  6. #979443
  7. #92904f
  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 #a7a581 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a51e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb9b8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a617 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5a070 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada705 {
  color: #ada705;
}
Background
.bg-ada705 {
  background-color: #ada705;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada705 {
  border: 2px solid #ada705;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada705;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 167 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 94% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada705 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada705, #5fad05);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada705 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 167 5 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.13 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.59 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.98 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.68 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.95 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.40 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.24 #5258fa Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada705  rgb(173, 167, 5)  hsl(58, 94%, 35%)  Brass
#050bad  rgb(5, 11, 173)  hsl(238, 94%, 35%)  Zaffre
#05ada7  rgb(5, 173, 167)  hsl(178, 94%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a705ad  rgb(167, 5, 173)  hsl(298, 94%, 35%)  Dark Orchid