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#ADA83A

#ada83a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ada83a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 65.88% green and 22.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.89% magenta, 66.47% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 57.39°, with 49.78% saturation and 45.29% 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 8.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.02.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3719

Complementary

  1. #ada83a
  2. #3a3fad

Split complementary

  1. #ada83a
  2. #3a78ad
  3. #6e3aad

Analogous

  1. #ad6e3a
  2. #ada83a
  3. #78ad3a

Triadic

  1. #ada83a
  2. #3aada8
  3. #a83aad

Tetradic

  1. #ada83a
  2. #3fad3a
  3. #3a3fad
  4. #a83aad

Square

  1. #ada83a
  2. #3aad6e
  3. #3a3fad
  4. #ad3a78

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3914
  2. #747027
  3. #ada83a
  4. #ccc867
  5. #dfdda1

Shades

#ada83a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada83a
  2. #9c9734
  3. #8a862e
  4. #797629
  5. #686523
  6. #57541d
  7. #454317
  8. #343211
  9. #23220c
  10. #111106
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada83a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada83a
  2. #b5b14e
  3. #bdb961
  4. #c6c275
  5. #cecb89
  6. #d6d49d
  7. #dedcb0
  8. #e6e5c4
  9. #efeed8
  10. #f7f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada83a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada83a
  2. #a9a441
  3. #a4a048
  4. #a09c4f
  5. #9b9856
  6. #97945d
  7. #929064
  8. #8e8c6b
  9. #898872
  10. #858479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a686 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a22b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a641 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b99d92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a432 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a73e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5a278 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada83a {
  color: #ada83a;
}
Background
.bg-ada83a {
  background-color: #ada83a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada83a {
  border: 2px solid #ada83a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada83a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 168 58;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 50% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada83a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada83a, #78ad3a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada83a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 168 58 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.02 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.91 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.85 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.62 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.77 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.19 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.49 #5257c5 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada83a  rgb(173, 168, 58)  hsl(57, 50%, 45%)  Brass
#3a3fad  rgb(58, 63, 173)  hsl(237, 50%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#3aada8  rgb(58, 173, 168)  hsl(177, 50%, 45%)  Verdigris
#a83aad  rgb(168, 58, 173)  hsl(297, 50%, 45%)  Purpureus