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#ADA28A

#ada28a ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ada28a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 63.53% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.36% magenta, 20.23% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 41.14°, with 17.59% saturation and 60.98% 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 8.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 8.55.

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Relative luminance0.3656

Complementary

  1. #ada28a
  2. #8a95ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada28a
  2. #8aa7ad
  3. #908aad

Analogous

  1. #ad908a
  2. #ada28a
  3. #a7ad8a

Triadic

  1. #ada28a
  2. #8aada2
  3. #a28aad

Tetradic

  1. #ada28a
  2. #95ad8a
  3. #8a95ad
  4. #a28aad

Square

  1. #ada28a
  2. #8aad90
  3. #8a95ad
  4. #ad8aa7

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5441
  2. #8a7d61
  3. #ada28a
  4. #cdc6b7
  5. #eceae4

Shades

#ada28a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada28a
  2. #9c927c
  3. #8a826e
  4. #797161
  5. #686153
  6. #575145
  7. #454137
  8. #343129
  9. #23201c
  10. #11100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada28a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada28a
  2. #b5ab96
  3. #bdb5a1
  4. #c6bead
  5. #cec7b9
  6. #d6d1c5
  7. #dedad0
  8. #e6e3dc
  9. #efece8
  10. #f7f6f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada28a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada28a
  2. #a99f89
  3. #a49b88
  4. #a09887
  5. #9b9486
  6. #979185
  7. #928e84
  8. #8e8a83
  9. #898782
  10. #858381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a39a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8a189 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba48b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b39e9b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaa189 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aca38a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1a095 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada28a {
  color: #ada28a;
}
Background
.bg-ada28a {
  background-color: #ada28a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada28a {
  border: 2px solid #ada28a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada28a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 162 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 18% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada28a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada28a, #a7ad8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada28a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 162 138 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.55 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.45 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 9.60 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 10.52 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.76 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.76 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 12.46 #525d75 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Ecru
#ada28a  rgb(173, 162, 138)  hsl(41, 18%, 61%)  Ecru
#8a95ad  rgb(138, 149, 173)  hsl(221, 18%, 61%)  Cool Gray
#8aada2  rgb(138, 173, 162)  hsl(161, 18%, 61%)  Opal
#a28aad  rgb(162, 138, 173)  hsl(281, 18%, 61%)  Pastel Purple