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#A8A135

#a8a135 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#a8a135 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 63.14% green and 20.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.17% magenta, 68.45% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 56.35°, with 52.04% saturation and 43.33% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.15.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3407

Complementary

  1. #a8a135
  2. #353ca8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a135
  2. #3575a8
  3. #6735a8

Analogous

  1. #a86735
  2. #a8a135
  3. #75a835

Triadic

  1. #a8a135
  2. #35a8a1
  3. #a135a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a135
  2. #3ca835
  3. #353ca8
  4. #a135a8

Square

  1. #a8a135
  2. #35a867
  3. #353ca8
  4. #a83575

Monochromatic

  1. #343210
  2. #6e6923
  3. #a8a135
  4. #ccc55d
  5. #deda98

Shades

#a8a135 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a135
  2. #979130
  3. #86812a
  4. #767125
  5. #656120
  6. #54511b
  7. #434015
  8. #323010
  9. #22200b
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a135 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a135
  2. #b1aa49
  3. #b9b45d
  4. #c2bd72
  5. #cbc786
  6. #d4d09a
  7. #dcd9ae
  8. #e5e3c2
  9. #eeecd7
  10. #f6f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a135 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a135
  2. #a49e3d
  3. #a09a44
  4. #9c974c
  5. #989453
  6. #94915b
  7. #908d62
  8. #8c8a6a
  9. #888771
  10. #848379
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29f81 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9b25 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a03c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4968b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac9e2c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aea039 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #af9b72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a135 {
  color: #a8a135;
}
Background
.bg-a8a135 {
  background-color: #a8a135;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a135 {
  border: 2px solid #a8a135;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a135;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 161 53;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 52% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a135 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a135, #75a835);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a135 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 161 53 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.15 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.05 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.19 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.65 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.22 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.01 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.24 #575eca Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#a8a135  rgb(168, 161, 53)  hsl(56, 52%, 43%)  Brass
#353ca8  rgb(53, 60, 168)  hsl(236, 52%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#35a8a1  rgb(53, 168, 161)  hsl(176, 52%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a135a8  rgb(161, 53, 168)  hsl(296, 52%, 43%)  Purpureus