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#9AA111

#9aa111 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#9aa111 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.39% red, 63.14% green and 6.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.35% cyan, 0% magenta, 89.44% yellow and 36.86% black. Its hue angle is 62.92°, with 80.9% saturation and 34.9% 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 7.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 7.23.

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Web safe#999900
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Relative luminance0.324

Complementary

  1. #9aa111
  2. #1811a1

Split complementary

  1. #9aa111
  2. #1152a1
  3. #6011a1

Analogous

  1. #a16011
  2. #9aa111
  3. #52a111

Triadic

  1. #9aa111
  2. #119aa1
  3. #a1119a

Tetradic

  1. #9aa111
  2. #11a118
  3. #1811a1
  4. #a1119a

Square

  1. #9aa111
  2. #11a160
  3. #1811a1
  4. #a11152

Monochromatic

  1. #161702
  2. #585c0a
  3. #9aa111
  4. #dce618
  5. #e7ee5d

Shades

#9aa111 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9aa111
  2. #8b910f
  3. #7b810e
  4. #6c710c
  5. #5c610a
  6. #4d5109
  7. #3e4007
  8. #2e3005
  9. #1f2003
  10. #0f1002
  11. #000000

Tints

#9aa111 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9aa111
  2. #a4aa29
  3. #aeb441
  4. #b8bd58
  5. #c2c770
  6. #cdd088
  7. #d7d9a0
  8. #e1e3b8
  9. #ebeccf
  10. #f5f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9aa111 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9aa111
  2. #979e1c
  3. #959a27
  4. #929732
  5. #90943d
  6. #8d9149
  7. #8a8d54
  8. #888a5f
  9. #85876a
  10. #838375
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a9d7b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ae9c23 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a59789 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a69c00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a69e1d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a19b6d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9aa111 {
  color: #9aa111;
}
Background
.bg-9aa111 {
  background-color: #9aa111;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9aa111 {
  border: 2px solid #9aa111;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9aa111;
  --color-primary-rgb: 154 161 17;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 81% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9aa111 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9aa111, #52a111);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9aa111 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(154 161 17 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.23 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.14 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.58 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.99 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.10 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.37 #6b8e23 Olive Drab ΔE 11.51 #655eee Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Brass
#9aa111  rgb(154, 161, 17)  hsl(63, 81%, 35%)  Brass
#1811a1  rgb(24, 17, 161)  hsl(243, 81%, 35%)  Zaffre
#119aa1  rgb(17, 154, 161)  hsl(183, 81%, 35%)  Dark Cyan
#a1119a  rgb(161, 17, 154)  hsl(303, 81%, 35%)  Dark Magenta