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#ADA28C

#ada28c ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ada28c 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 54.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.36% magenta, 19.08% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 40°, with 16.75% saturation and 61.37% 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 8.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 9.14.

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Relative luminance0.3662

Complementary

  1. #ada28c
  2. #8c97ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada28c
  2. #8ca7ad
  3. #918cad

Analogous

  1. #ad918c
  2. #ada28c
  3. #a7ad8c

Triadic

  1. #ada28c
  2. #8cada2
  3. #a28cad

Tetradic

  1. #ada28c
  2. #97ad8c
  3. #8c97ad
  4. #a28cad

Square

  1. #ada28c
  2. #8cad91
  3. #8c97ad
  4. #ad8ca7

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5443
  2. #8a7d62
  3. #ada28c
  4. #cdc6b9
  5. #edeae5

Shades

#ada28c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada28c
  2. #9c927e
  3. #8a8270
  4. #797162
  5. #686154
  6. #575146
  7. #454138
  8. #34312a
  9. #23201c
  10. #11100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada28c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada28c
  2. #b5ab98
  3. #bdb5a3
  4. #c6beaf
  5. #cec7ba
  6. #d6d1c6
  7. #dedad1
  8. #e6e3dd
  9. #efece8
  10. #f7f6f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada28c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada28c
  2. #a99f8b
  3. #a49b8a
  4. #a09888
  5. #9b9487
  6. #979186
  7. #928e85
  8. #8e8a84
  9. #898782
  10. #858381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a39a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8a18b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba48d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b39e9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaa28b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aca38c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1a096 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada28c {
  color: #ada28c;
}
Background
.bg-ada28c {
  background-color: #ada28c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada28c {
  border: 2px solid #ada28c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada28c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 162 140;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 17% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada28c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada28c, #a7ad8c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada28c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 162 140 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.14 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 9.76 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.04 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.15 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.15 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 10.76 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 12.67 #525d73 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Ecru
#ada28c  rgb(173, 162, 140)  hsl(40, 17%, 61%)  Ecru
#8c97ad  rgb(140, 151, 173)  hsl(220, 17%, 61%)  Cool Gray
#8cada2  rgb(140, 173, 162)  hsl(160, 17%, 61%)  Opal
#a28cad  rgb(162, 140, 173)  hsl(280, 17%, 61%)  Pastel Purple