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#ADA28F

#ada28f ≈ Dark Gray

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ada28f is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 63.53% green and 56.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.36% magenta, 17.34% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 38°, with 15.46% saturation and 61.96% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 9.22.

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Relative luminance0.3671

Complementary

  1. #ada28f
  2. #8f9aad

Split complementary

  1. #ada28f
  2. #8fa9ad
  3. #938fad

Analogous

  1. #ad938f
  2. #ada28f
  3. #a9ad8f

Triadic

  1. #ada28f
  2. #8fada2
  3. #a28fad

Tetradic

  1. #ada28f
  2. #9aad8f
  3. #8f9aad
  4. #a28fad

Square

  1. #ada28f
  2. #8fad93
  3. #8f9aad
  4. #ad8fa9

Monochromatic

  1. #5e5545
  2. #8a7d65
  3. #ada28f
  4. #cdc7bb
  5. #eeebe7

Shades

#ada28f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada28f
  2. #9c9281
  3. #8a8272
  4. #797164
  5. #686156
  6. #575148
  7. #454139
  8. #34312b
  9. #23201d
  10. #11100e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada28f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada28f
  2. #b5ab9a
  3. #bdb5a5
  4. #c6beb1
  5. #cec7bc
  6. #d6d1c7
  7. #dedad2
  8. #e6e3dd
  9. #efece9
  10. #f7f6f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada28f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada28f
  2. #a99f8e
  3. #a49b8c
  4. #a0988b
  5. #9b9489
  6. #979188
  7. #928e86
  8. #8e8a85
  9. #898783
  10. #858382
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a39c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7a28e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa48f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b29e9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaa28e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aba38f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0a097 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada28f {
  color: #ada28f;
}
Background
.bg-ada28f {
  background-color: #ada28f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada28f {
  border: 2px solid #ada28f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada28f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 162 143;
  --color-primary-hsl: 38 15% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada28f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada28f, #a9ad8f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada28f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 162 143 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.22 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.22 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 10.11 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.12 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 11.02 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 11.19 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 12.09 #525d70 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#ada28f  rgb(173, 162, 143)  hsl(38, 15%, 62%)  Dark Gray
#8f9aad  rgb(143, 154, 173)  hsl(218, 15%, 62%)  Cool Gray
#8fada2  rgb(143, 173, 162)  hsl(158, 15%, 62%)  Opal
#a28fad  rgb(162, 143, 173)  hsl(278, 15%, 62%)  Rose Quartz