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#A0A00A

#a0a00a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#a0a00a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.75% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 93.75% yellow and 37.25% black. Its hue angle is 60°, 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 7.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.11.

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Web safe#999900
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Relative luminance0.3264

Complementary

  1. #a0a00a
  2. #0a0aa0

Split complementary

  1. #a0a00a
  2. #0a55a0
  3. #550aa0

Analogous

  1. #a0550a
  2. #a0a00a
  3. #55a00a

Triadic

  1. #a0a00a
  2. #0aa0a0
  3. #a00aa0

Tetradic

  1. #a0a00a
  2. #0aa00a
  3. #0a0aa0
  4. #a00aa0

Square

  1. #a0a00a
  2. #0aa055
  3. #0a0aa0
  4. #a00a55

Monochromatic

  1. #131301
  2. #585805
  3. #a0a00a
  4. #e8e80e
  5. #f4f44f

Shades

#a0a00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a0a00a
  2. #909009
  3. #808008
  4. #707007
  5. #606006
  6. #505005
  7. #404004
  8. #303003
  9. #202002
  10. #101001
  11. #000000

Tints

#a0a00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a0a00a
  2. #aaaa23
  3. #b3b33b
  4. #bdbd54
  5. #c6c66c
  6. #d0d085
  7. #d9d99d
  8. #e3e3b6
  9. #ececce
  10. #f6f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a0a00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a0a00a
  2. #9d9d16
  3. #9a9a22
  4. #96962d
  5. #939339
  6. #909045
  7. #8d8d51
  8. #8a8a5d
  9. #868668
  10. #838374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d9d7b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #af9d1f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ac9588 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a99c00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a99e19 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7996c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a0a00a {
  color: #a0a00a;
}
Background
.bg-a0a00a {
  background-color: #a0a00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a0a00a {
  border: 2px solid #a0a00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a0a00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 88% 33%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a0a00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a0a00a, #55a00a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a0a00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.11 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.65 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.71 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 10.25 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.84 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.13 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 12.10 #5f5ff5 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Brass
#a0a00a  rgb(160, 160, 10)  hsl(60, 88%, 33%)  Brass
#0a0aa0  rgb(10, 10, 160)  hsl(240, 88%, 33%)  Zaffre
#0aa0a0  rgb(10, 160, 160)  hsl(180, 88%, 33%)  Light Sea Green
#a00aa0  rgb(160, 10, 160)  hsl(300, 88%, 33%)  Dark Magenta