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#9AA00A

#9aa00a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#9aa00a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.39% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.75% cyan, 0% magenta, 93.75% yellow and 37.25% black. Its hue angle is 62.4°, with 88.24% saturation and 33.33% 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 corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 7.24.

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Web safe#999900
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Relative luminance0.3203

Complementary

  1. #9aa00a
  2. #100aa0

Split complementary

  1. #9aa00a
  2. #0a4fa0
  3. #5b0aa0

Analogous

  1. #a05b0a
  2. #9aa00a
  3. #4fa00a

Triadic

  1. #9aa00a
  2. #0a9aa0
  3. #a00a9a

Tetradic

  1. #9aa00a
  2. #0aa010
  3. #100aa0
  4. #a00a9a

Square

  1. #9aa00a
  2. #0aa05b
  3. #100aa0
  4. #a00a4f

Monochromatic

  1. #121301
  2. #555805
  3. #9aa00a
  4. #dfe80e
  5. #edf44f

Shades

#9aa00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9aa00a
  2. #8b9009
  3. #7b8008
  4. #6c7007
  5. #5c6006
  6. #4d5005
  7. #3e4004
  8. #2e3003
  9. #1f2002
  10. #0f1001
  11. #000000

Tints

#9aa00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9aa00a
  2. #a4aa23
  3. #aeb33b
  4. #b8bd54
  5. #c2c66c
  6. #cdd085
  7. #d7d99d
  8. #e1e3b6
  9. #ebecce
  10. #f5f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9aa00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9aa00a
  2. #979d16
  3. #959a22
  4. #92962d
  5. #909339
  6. #8d9045
  7. #8a8d51
  8. #888a5d
  9. #858668
  10. #838374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a9c7a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ad9800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ad9b20 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a59588 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a69b00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a69d19 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a19a6c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9aa00a {
  color: #9aa00a;
}
Background
.bg-9aa00a {
  background-color: #9aa00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9aa00a {
  border: 2px solid #9aa00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9aa00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 154 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 88% 33%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9aa00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9aa00a, #4fa00a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9aa00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(154 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.24 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.51 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.69 #808000 Olive ΔE 10.84 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 11.25 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 11.55 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.61 #655ff5 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Brass
#9aa00a  rgb(154, 160, 10)  hsl(62, 88%, 33%)  Brass
#100aa0  rgb(16, 10, 160)  hsl(242, 88%, 33%)  Zaffre
#0a9aa0  rgb(10, 154, 160)  hsl(182, 88%, 33%)  Dark Cyan
#a00a9a  rgb(160, 10, 154)  hsl(302, 88%, 33%)  Dark Magenta