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#ADA77E

#ada77e ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ada77e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 65.49% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.47% magenta, 27.17% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 52.34°, with 22.27% saturation and 58.63% 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 8.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 4.83.

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Relative luminance0.3803

Complementary

  1. #ada77e
  2. #7e84ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada77e
  2. #7e9cad
  3. #907ead

Analogous

  1. #ad907e
  2. #ada77e
  3. #9cad7e

Triadic

  1. #ada77e
  2. #7eada7
  3. #a77ead

Tetradic

  1. #ada77e
  2. #84ad7e
  3. #7e84ad
  4. #a77ead

Square

  1. #ada77e
  2. #7ead90
  3. #7e84ad
  4. #ad7e9c

Monochromatic

  1. #595539
  2. #888256
  3. #ada77e
  4. #cbc7ad
  5. #e8e7dc

Shades

#ada77e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada77e
  2. #9c9671
  3. #8a8665
  4. #797558
  5. #68644c
  6. #57543f
  7. #454332
  8. #343226
  9. #232119
  10. #11110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada77e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada77e
  2. #b5b08b
  3. #bdb998
  4. #c6c1a5
  5. #cecab2
  6. #d6d3bf
  7. #dedccb
  8. #e6e5d8
  9. #efede5
  10. #f7f6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada77e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada77e
  2. #a9a37e
  3. #a49f7e
  4. #a09b7f
  5. #9b977f
  6. #97947f
  7. #92907f
  8. #8e8c7f
  9. #898880
  10. #858480
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a697 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afa47b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1a77f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4a19c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aea57c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa77f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1a491 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada77e {
  color: #ada77e;
}
Background
.bg-ada77e {
  background-color: #ada77e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada77e {
  border: 2px solid #ada77e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada77e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 167 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 22% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada77e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada77e, #9cad7e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada77e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 167 126 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 4.83 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 5.37 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.45 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.11 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 10.65 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.87 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 11.34 #525881 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Sage
#ada77e  rgb(173, 167, 126)  hsl(52, 22%, 59%)  Sage
#7e84ad  rgb(126, 132, 173)  hsl(232, 22%, 59%)  Cool Gray
#7eada7  rgb(126, 173, 167)  hsl(172, 22%, 59%)  Cadet Blue
#a77ead  rgb(167, 126, 173)  hsl(292, 22%, 59%)  Purple Mountain Majesty