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#AA9727

#aa9727 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aa9727 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 59.22% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.18% magenta, 77.06% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 51.3°, with 62.68% saturation and 40.98% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.8.

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Relative luminance0.3083

Complementary

  1. #aa9727
  2. #273aaa

Split complementary

  1. #aa9727
  2. #277baa
  3. #5627aa

Analogous

  1. #aa5627
  2. #aa9727
  3. #7baa27

Triadic

  1. #aa9727
  2. #27aa97
  3. #9727aa

Tetradic

  1. #aa9727
  2. #3aaa27
  3. #273aaa
  4. #9727aa

Square

  1. #aa9727
  2. #27aa56
  3. #273aaa
  4. #aa277b

Monochromatic

  1. #2e280a
  2. #6c6019
  3. #aa9727
  4. #d5c148
  5. #e3d687

Shades

#aa9727 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa9727
  2. #998823
  3. #88791f
  4. #776a1b
  5. #665b17
  6. #554c14
  7. #443c10
  8. #332d0c
  9. #221e08
  10. #110f04
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa9727 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa9727
  2. #b3a13d
  3. #bbac52
  4. #c4b668
  5. #ccc17d
  6. #d5cb93
  7. #ddd5a9
  8. #e6e0be
  9. #eeead4
  10. #f7f5e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa9727 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa9727
  2. #a69530
  3. #a29239
  4. #9d9042
  5. #998e4b
  6. #958c54
  7. #91895c
  8. #8d8765
  9. #88856e
  10. #848277
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f977a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6930f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ab9a2f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b88b82 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8951b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ab992c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29069 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa9727 {
  color: #aa9727;
}
Background
.bg-aa9727 {
  background-color: #aa9727;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa9727 {
  border: 2px solid #aa9727;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa9727;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 151 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 63% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa9727 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa9727, #7baa27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa9727 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 151 39 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.80 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.75 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.32 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.45 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.99 #808000 Olive ΔE 10.80 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 11.11 #5568d8 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Brass
#aa9727  rgb(170, 151, 39)  hsl(51, 63%, 41%)  Brass
#273aaa  rgb(39, 58, 170)  hsl(231, 63%, 41%)  Egyptian Blue
#27aa97  rgb(39, 170, 151)  hsl(171, 63%, 41%)  Persian Green
#9727aa  rgb(151, 39, 170)  hsl(291, 63%, 41%)  Dark Orchid