Description and conversion results of color #ada99a

It is a bright grayish yellow color having an approximate luminance of 69%. It has a hue value of 47° indicating that this is a warm color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Grullo, Quick Silver, Silver Chalice, Khaki (Web), Spanish Gray, Ash Gray, Gray (X11 Gray), Pale Silver, Silver (Crayola) and Silver. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.

Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color #ada99a to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

In real life paints might have a different shade compared to as they appear on your display. You shall always consult and double-check colors with a professional paint provider before you order.

The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.

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Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #ada99a respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.

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Tints

These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a bright grayish yellow color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.

This color scale contains similar colors to Silver (Crayola), Pale Silver, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Timberwolf, Light Gray, Platinum, Alabaster, Gainsboro, Cultured, Isabelline and Baby Powder.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a bright grayish yellow color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.

This color scale contains similar colors to Middle Grey, Old Silver, Battleship Grey, Nickel, Davy's Grey, Ebony, Granite Gray, Dim Gray, Black Olive, Jet, Onyx, Dark Lava, Eerie Black, Black Chocolate, Smoky Black and Raisin Black.

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a bright grayish yellow color to gray. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.

This color scale contains similar colors to Quick Silver, Silver Chalice, Grullo, Spanish Gray and Silver (Metallic).

Color schemes and palettes

Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.

We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively.

In the following tables these color schemes are present.

Monochromatic

The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, yellow and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Taupe, Dark Lava, Grullo, Silver (Crayola), Black Olive, Rifle Green, Silver Chalice, Kombu Green, Ash Gray and Laurel Green.

Complementary

The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of yellow, azure and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Charcoal, Independence, Cadet Blue (Crayola) and Manatee.

Triadic

The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of yellow, rose and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Dark Liver, Eggplant, Black Shadows, Rose Quartz, Charcoal, Dark Slate Gray, Pewter Blue and Cadet Grey.

Tetradic

The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of yellow, cyan, azure, blue and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Dark Slate Gray, Outer Space (Crayola), Morning Blue, Opal, Charcoal, Independence, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Manatee, Dark Liver (horses), Dark Liver, Silver Pink and Black Shadows.

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