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#ADA92B

#ada92b ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ada92b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 66.27% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.31% magenta, 75.14% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 58.15°, with 60.19% saturation and 42.35% 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 8.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.99.

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Relative luminance0.3743

Complementary

  1. #ada92b
  2. #2b2fad

Split complementary

  1. #ada92b
  2. #2b70ad
  3. #682bad

Analogous

  1. #ad682b
  2. #ada92b
  3. #70ad2b

Triadic

  1. #ada92b
  2. #2bada9
  3. #a92bad

Tetradic

  1. #ada92b
  2. #2fad2b
  3. #2b2fad
  4. #a92bad

Square

  1. #ada92b
  2. #2bad68
  3. #2b2fad
  4. #ad2b70

Monochromatic

  1. #32310d
  2. #706d1c
  3. #ada92b
  4. #d4d051
  5. #e3e08e

Shades

#ada92b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada92b
  2. #9c9827
  3. #8a8722
  4. #79761e
  5. #68651a
  6. #575516
  7. #454411
  8. #34330d
  9. #232209
  10. #111104
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada92b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada92b
  2. #b5b240
  3. #bdba55
  4. #c6c36b
  5. #cecb80
  6. #d6d495
  7. #deddaa
  8. #e6e5bf
  9. #efeed5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada92b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada92b
  2. #a9a534
  3. #a4a13c
  4. #a09d45
  5. #9b994d
  6. #979556
  7. #92905e
  8. #8e8c67
  9. #89886f
  10. #858478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a685 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a20f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa735 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba9e91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a51d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5a831 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5a276 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada92b {
  color: #ada92b;
}
Background
.bg-ada92b {
  background-color: #ada92b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada92b {
  border: 2px solid #ada92b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada92b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 169 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 60% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada92b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada92b, #70ad2b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada92b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 169 43 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.99 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.71 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.49 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.02 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.65 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.82 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.56 #5256d4 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada92b  rgb(173, 169, 43)  hsl(58, 60%, 42%)  Brass
#2b2fad  rgb(43, 47, 173)  hsl(238, 60%, 42%)  Egyptian Blue
#2bada9  rgb(43, 173, 169)  hsl(178, 60%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a92bad  rgb(169, 43, 173)  hsl(298, 60%, 42%)  Purpureus