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#ADA708

#ada708 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ada708 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 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.47% magenta, 95.38% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 57.82°, with 91.16% saturation and 35.49% 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 8.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.06.

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Relative luminance0.3654

Complementary

  1. #ada708
  2. #080ead

Split complementary

  1. #ada708
  2. #0860ad
  3. #5508ad

Analogous

  1. #ad5508
  2. #ada708
  3. #60ad08

Triadic

  1. #ada708
  2. #08ada7
  3. #a708ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada708
  2. #0ead08
  3. #080ead
  4. #a708ad

Square

  1. #ada708
  2. #08ad55
  3. #080ead
  4. #ad0860

Monochromatic

  1. #1b1a01
  2. #646005
  3. #ada708
  4. #f4eb0e
  5. #f7f157

Shades

#ada708 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada708
  2. #9c9607
  3. #8a8606
  4. #797506
  5. #686405
  6. #575404
  7. #454303
  8. #343202
  9. #232102
  10. #111101
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada708 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada708
  2. #b5b021
  3. #bdb939
  4. #c6c152
  5. #ceca6b
  6. #d6d384
  7. #dedc9c
  8. #e6e5b5
  9. #efedce
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada708 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada708
  2. #a9a314
  3. #a49f20
  4. #a09b2c
  5. #9b9738
  6. #979444
  7. #929050
  8. #8e8c5c
  9. #898868
  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 #b9a51f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb9b8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a618 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5a070 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada708 {
  color: #ada708;
}
Background
.bg-ada708 {
  background-color: #ada708;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada708 {
  border: 2px solid #ada708;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada708;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 167 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 91% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada708 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada708, #60ad08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada708 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 167 8 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.06 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.57 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.91 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.66 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.87 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.38 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.26 #5258f7 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada708  rgb(173, 167, 8)  hsl(58, 91%, 35%)  Brass
#080ead  rgb(8, 14, 173)  hsl(238, 91%, 35%)  Zaffre
#08ada7  rgb(8, 173, 167)  hsl(178, 91%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a708ad  rgb(167, 8, 173)  hsl(298, 91%, 35%)  Dark Orchid