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#ADB89B

#adb89b ≈ Sage

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#adb89b is a color from the yellow-green family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 72.16% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.98% cyan, 0% magenta, 15.76% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 82.76°, with 16.96% saturation and 66.47% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with freshness, growth and vitality. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 7.33.

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Web safe#99cc99
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Relative luminance0.4553

Complementary

  1. #adb89b
  2. #a69bb8

Split complementary

  1. #adb89b
  2. #9b9eb8
  3. #b49bb8

Analogous

  1. #b8b49b
  2. #adb89b
  3. #9eb89b

Triadic

  1. #adb89b
  2. #9badb8
  3. #b89bad

Tetradic

  1. #adb89b
  2. #9bb8a6
  3. #a69bb8
  4. #b89bad

Square

  1. #adb89b
  2. #9bb8b4
  3. #a69bb8
  4. #b89b9e

Monochromatic

  1. #616d4d
  2. #88986e
  3. #adb89b
  4. #d2d8c8
  5. #f5f7f3

Shades

#adb89b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adb89b
  2. #9ca68c
  3. #8a937c
  4. #79816d
  5. #686e5d
  6. #575c4e
  7. #454a3e
  8. #34372f
  9. #23251f
  10. #111210
  11. #000000

Tints

#adb89b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adb89b
  2. #b5bfa5
  3. #bdc6af
  4. #c6cdb9
  5. #ced4c3
  6. #d6dccd
  7. #dee3d7
  8. #e6eae1
  9. #eff1eb
  10. #f7f8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adb89b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adb89b
  2. #a9b298
  3. #a4ad96
  4. #a0a793
  5. #9ba290
  6. #979c8e
  7. #92968b
  8. #8e9188
  9. #898b85
  10. #858683
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1b5aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcb499 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bab49c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afb5b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6b69a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5b59c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aeb6a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adb89b {
  color: #adb89b;
}
Background
.bg-adb89b {
  background-color: #adb89b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adb89b {
  border: 2px solid #adb89b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adb89b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 184 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 83 17% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adb89b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adb89b, #9eb89b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adb89b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 184 155 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 7.33 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.73 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 9.30 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.03 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 10.52 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.35 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 11.42 #524764 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Sage
#adb89b  rgb(173, 184, 155)  hsl(83, 17%, 66%)  Sage
#a69bb8  rgb(166, 155, 184)  hsl(263, 17%, 66%)  Pastel Purple
#9badb8  rgb(155, 173, 184)  hsl(203, 17%, 66%)  Pastel Blue
#b89bad  rgb(184, 155, 173)  hsl(323, 17%, 66%)  Pastel Purple