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#ADA69A

#ada69a ≈ Dark Gray

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#ada69a is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 65.1% green and 60.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.05% magenta, 10.98% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 37.89°, with 10.38% saturation and 64.12% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral 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 8.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 6.18.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3849

Complementary

  1. #ada69a
  2. #9aa1ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada69a
  2. #9aabad
  3. #9d9aad

Analogous

  1. #ad9d9a
  2. #ada69a
  3. #abad9a

Triadic

  1. #ada69a
  2. #9aada6
  3. #a69aad

Tetradic

  1. #ada69a
  2. #a1ad9a
  3. #9aa1ad
  4. #a69aad

Square

  1. #ada69a
  2. #9aad9d
  3. #9aa1ad
  4. #ad9aab

Monochromatic

  1. #60594e
  2. #8a8170
  3. #ada69a
  4. #cfcbc4
  5. #f2f0ee

Shades

#ada69a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada69a
  2. #9c958b
  3. #8a857b
  4. #79746c
  5. #68645c
  6. #57534d
  7. #45423e
  8. #34322e
  9. #23211f
  10. #11110f
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada69a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada69a
  2. #b5afa4
  3. #bdb8ae
  4. #c6c1b8
  5. #cecac2
  6. #d6d3cd
  7. #dedbd7
  8. #e6e4e1
  9. #efedeb
  10. #f7f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada69a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada69a
  2. #a9a297
  3. #a49e95
  4. #a09b92
  5. #9b9790
  6. #97938d
  7. #928f8a
  8. #8e8b88
  9. #898885
  10. #858483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a6a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9a699 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba79a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1a4a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aba69a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aca79a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afa59f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada69a {
  color: #ada69a;
}
Background
.bg-ada69a {
  background-color: #ada69a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada69a {
  border: 2px solid #ada69a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada69a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 166 154;
  --color-primary-hsl: 38 10% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada69a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada69a, #abad9a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada69a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 166 154 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.18 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.18 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.29 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.47 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.76 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 11.92 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 12.21 #525965 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#ada69a  rgb(173, 166, 154)  hsl(38, 10%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9aa1ad  rgb(154, 161, 173)  hsl(218, 10%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9aada6  rgb(154, 173, 166)  hsl(158, 10%, 64%)  Ash Gray
#a69aad  rgb(166, 154, 173)  hsl(278, 10%, 64%)  Rose Quartz