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#ADA798

#ada798 ≈ Dark Gray

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#ada798 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 65.49% green and 59.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.47% magenta, 12.14% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 42.86°, with 11.35% saturation and 63.73% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral 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 8.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 7.19.

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Relative luminance0.3879

Complementary

  1. #ada798
  2. #989ead

Split complementary

  1. #ada798
  2. #98a9ad
  3. #9d98ad

Analogous

  1. #ad9d98
  2. #ada798
  3. #a9ad98

Triadic

  1. #ada798
  2. #98ada7
  3. #a798ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada798
  2. #9ead98
  3. #989ead
  4. #a798ad

Square

  1. #ada798
  2. #98ad9d
  3. #989ead
  4. #ad98a9

Monochromatic

  1. #605a4c
  2. #8a826e
  3. #ada798
  4. #cfcbc3
  5. #f1f0ed

Shades

#ada798 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada798
  2. #9c9689
  3. #8a867a
  4. #79756a
  5. #68645b
  6. #57544c
  7. #45433d
  8. #34322e
  9. #23211e
  10. #11110f
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada798 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada798
  2. #b5b0a2
  3. #bdb9ad
  4. #c6c1b7
  5. #cecac1
  6. #d6d3cc
  7. #dedcd6
  8. #e6e5e0
  9. #efedea
  10. #f7f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada798 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada798
  2. #a9a396
  3. #a49f93
  4. #a09b91
  5. #9b978e
  6. #97948c
  7. #92908a
  8. #8e8c87
  9. #898885
  10. #858482
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa7a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aba697 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aca898 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1a4a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aca797 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ada898 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afa59f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada798 {
  color: #ada798;
}
Background
.bg-ada798 {
  background-color: #ada798;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada798 {
  border: 2px solid #ada798;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada798;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 167 152;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 11% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada798 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada798, #a9ad98);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada798 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 167 152 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.19 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.19 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.88 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.91 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.85 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.06 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 11.62 #525867 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#ada798  rgb(173, 167, 152)  hsl(43, 11%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#989ead  rgb(152, 158, 173)  hsl(223, 11%, 64%)  Cool Gray
#98ada7  rgb(152, 173, 167)  hsl(163, 11%, 64%)  Opal
#a798ad  rgb(167, 152, 173)  hsl(283, 11%, 64%)  Rose Quartz