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#ADA71D

#ada71d ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ada71d 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 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.47% magenta, 83.24% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 57.5°, with 71.29% saturation and 39.61% 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 8.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.29.

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Relative luminance0.3661

Complementary

  1. #ada71d
  2. #1d23ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada71d
  2. #1d6bad
  3. #5f1dad

Analogous

  1. #ad5f1d
  2. #ada71d
  3. #6bad1d

Triadic

  1. #ada71d
  2. #1dada7
  3. #a71dad

Tetradic

  1. #ada71d
  2. #23ad1d
  3. #1d23ad
  4. #a71dad

Square

  1. #ada71d
  2. #1dad5f
  3. #1d23ad
  4. #ad1d6b

Monochromatic

  1. #2a2907
  2. #6b6812
  3. #ada71d
  4. #ded739
  5. #e9e47a

Shades

#ada71d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada71d
  2. #9c961a
  3. #8a8617
  4. #797514
  5. #686411
  6. #57540f
  7. #45430c
  8. #343209
  9. #232106
  10. #111103
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada71d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada71d
  2. #b5b034
  3. #bdb94a
  4. #c6c161
  5. #ceca77
  6. #d6d38e
  7. #dedca5
  8. #e6e5bb
  9. #efedd2
  10. #f7f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada71d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada71d
  2. #a9a327
  3. #a49f31
  4. #a09b3b
  5. #9b9745
  6. #97944f
  7. #929058
  8. #8e8c62
  9. #89886c
  10. #858476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a582 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a52a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba9b8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a302 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a626 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5a072 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada71d {
  color: #ada71d;
}
Background
.bg-ada71d {
  background-color: #ada71d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada71d {
  border: 2px solid #ada71d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada71d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 167 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 71% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada71d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada71d, #6bad1d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada71d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 167 29 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.29 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.27 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.42 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.06 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.55 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.27 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.51 #5258e2 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada71d  rgb(173, 167, 29)  hsl(58, 71%, 40%)  Brass
#1d23ad  rgb(29, 35, 173)  hsl(238, 71%, 40%)  Zaffre
#1dada7  rgb(29, 173, 167)  hsl(178, 71%, 40%)  Light Sea Green
#a71dad  rgb(167, 29, 173)  hsl(298, 71%, 40%)  Dark Orchid