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#ADA73E

#ada73e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ada73e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 65.49% green and 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.47% magenta, 64.16% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 56.76°, with 47.23% saturation and 46.08% 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 8.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.64.

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Relative luminance0.3687

Complementary

  1. #ada73e
  2. #3e44ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada73e
  2. #3e7bad
  3. #703ead

Analogous

  1. #ad703e
  2. #ada73e
  3. #7bad3e

Triadic

  1. #ada73e
  2. #3eada7
  3. #a73ead

Tetradic

  1. #ada73e
  2. #44ad3e
  3. #3e44ad
  4. #a73ead

Square

  1. #ada73e
  2. #3ead70
  3. #3e44ad
  4. #ad3e7b

Monochromatic

  1. #3c3a16
  2. #75712a
  3. #ada73e
  4. #cbc66d
  5. #dfdca5

Shades

#ada73e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada73e
  2. #9c9638
  3. #8a8632
  4. #79752b
  5. #686425
  6. #57541f
  7. #454319
  8. #343213
  9. #23210c
  10. #111106
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada73e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada73e
  2. #b5b051
  3. #bdb965
  4. #c6c178
  5. #ceca8b
  6. #d6d39f
  7. #dedcb2
  8. #e6e5c5
  9. #efedd8
  10. #f7f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada73e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada73e
  2. #a9a345
  3. #a49f4b
  4. #a09b52
  5. #9b9758
  6. #97945f
  7. #929066
  8. #8e8c6c
  9. #898873
  10. #858479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a587 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5a131 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a644 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b99c91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a337 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a642 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4a179 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada73e {
  color: #ada73e;
}
Background
.bg-ada73e {
  background-color: #ada73e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada73e {
  border: 2px solid #ada73e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada73e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 167 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 47% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada73e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada73e, #7bad3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada73e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 167 62 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.64 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.69 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.58 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.69 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.69 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.64 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.01 #5258c1 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada73e  rgb(173, 167, 62)  hsl(57, 47%, 46%)  Brass
#3e44ad  rgb(62, 68, 173)  hsl(237, 47%, 46%)  Ocean Blue
#3eada7  rgb(62, 173, 167)  hsl(177, 47%, 46%)  Verdigris
#a73ead  rgb(167, 62, 173)  hsl(297, 47%, 46%)  Purpureus