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#ADAF89

#adaf89 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#adaf89 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 68.63% green and 53.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.14% cyan, 0% magenta, 21.71% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 63.16°, with 19.19% saturation and 61.18% 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 9.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 4.03.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4135

Complementary

  1. #adaf89
  2. #8b89af

Split complementary

  1. #adaf89
  2. #899aaf
  3. #9e89af

Analogous

  1. #af9e89
  2. #adaf89
  3. #9aaf89

Triadic

  1. #adaf89
  2. #89adaf
  3. #af89ad

Tetradic

  1. #adaf89
  2. #89af8b
  3. #8b89af
  4. #af89ad

Square

  1. #adaf89
  2. #89af9e
  3. #8b89af
  4. #af899a

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5f40
  2. #8a8c5f
  3. #adaf89
  4. #cdceb7
  5. #ecede4

Shades

#adaf89 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adaf89
  2. #9c9e7b
  3. #8a8c6e
  4. #797b60
  5. #686952
  6. #575845
  7. #454637
  8. #343529
  9. #23231b
  10. #11120e
  11. #000000

Tints

#adaf89 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adaf89
  2. #b5b795
  3. #bdbfa1
  4. #c6c7ac
  5. #cecfb8
  6. #d6d7c4
  7. #dedfd0
  8. #e6e7dc
  9. #efefe7
  10. #f7f7f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adaf89 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adaf89
  2. #a9aa88
  3. #a4a687
  4. #a0a186
  5. #9b9c85
  6. #979885
  7. #929384
  8. #8e8e83
  9. #898982
  10. #858581
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adad9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5ab87 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6ad8a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2aaa5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2ad88 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2ae8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0ac9a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adaf89 {
  color: #adaf89;
}
Background
.bg-adaf89 {
  background-color: #adaf89;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adaf89 {
  border: 2px solid #adaf89;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adaf89;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 175 137;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 19% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adaf89 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adaf89, #9aaf89);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adaf89 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 175 137 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 4.03 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.27 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.06 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 9.70 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 10.41 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.43 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 11.37 #525076 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Sage
#adaf89  rgb(173, 175, 137)  hsl(63, 19%, 61%)  Sage
#8b89af  rgb(139, 137, 175)  hsl(243, 19%, 61%)  Cool Gray
#89adaf  rgb(137, 173, 175)  hsl(183, 19%, 61%)  Opal
#af89ad  rgb(175, 137, 173)  hsl(303, 19%, 61%)  Lilac