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#ADA985

#ada985 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ada985 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 66.27% green and 52.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.31% magenta, 23.12% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 54°, with 19.61% saturation and 60% 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 8.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 4.8.

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Relative luminance0.3895

Complementary

  1. #ada985
  2. #8589ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada985
  2. #859dad
  3. #9585ad

Analogous

  1. #ad9585
  2. #ada985
  3. #9dad85

Triadic

  1. #ada985
  2. #85ada9
  3. #a985ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada985
  2. #89ad85
  3. #8589ad
  4. #a985ad

Square

  1. #ada985
  2. #85ad95
  3. #8589ad
  4. #ad859d

Monochromatic

  1. #5c593d
  2. #89855c
  3. #ada985
  4. #ccc9b3
  5. #ebeae0

Shades

#ada985 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada985
  2. #9c9878
  3. #8a876a
  4. #79765d
  5. #686550
  6. #575543
  7. #454435
  8. #343328
  9. #23221b
  10. #11110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada985 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada985
  2. #b5b291
  3. #bdba9d
  4. #c6c3aa
  5. #cecbb6
  6. #d6d4c2
  7. #deddce
  8. #e6e5da
  9. #efeee7
  10. #f7f6f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada985 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada985
  2. #a9a585
  3. #a4a184
  4. #a09d84
  5. #9b9983
  6. #979583
  7. #929082
  8. #8e8c82
  9. #898881
  10. #858481
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa89b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0a683 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1a986 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3a49f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afa784 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a986 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1a695 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada985 {
  color: #ada985;
}
Background
.bg-ada985 {
  background-color: #ada985;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada985 {
  border: 2px solid #ada985;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada985;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 169 133;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 20% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada985 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada985, #9dad85);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada985 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 169 133 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 4.80 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.17 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.47 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.82 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 11.08 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 11.77 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 12.02 #52567a Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Sage
#ada985  rgb(173, 169, 133)  hsl(54, 20%, 60%)  Sage
#8589ad  rgb(133, 137, 173)  hsl(234, 20%, 60%)  Cool Gray
#85ada9  rgb(133, 173, 169)  hsl(174, 20%, 60%)  Cadet Blue
#a985ad  rgb(169, 133, 173)  hsl(294, 20%, 60%)  Purple Mountain Majesty