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#AAA024

#aaa024 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aaa024 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 62.75% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 78.82% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 55.52°, with 65.05% saturation and 40.39% 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 7.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.59.

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Relative luminance0.3382

Complementary

  1. #aaa024
  2. #242eaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa024
  2. #2471aa
  3. #5d24aa

Analogous

  1. #aa5d24
  2. #aaa024
  3. #71aa24

Triadic

  1. #aaa024
  2. #24aaa0
  3. #a024aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa024
  2. #2eaa24
  3. #242eaa
  4. #a024aa

Square

  1. #aaa024
  2. #24aa5d
  3. #242eaa
  4. #aa2471

Monochromatic

  1. #2c2909
  2. #6b6517
  3. #aaa024
  4. #d7cc43
  5. #e5dd82

Shades

#aaa024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa024
  2. #999020
  3. #88801d
  4. #777019
  5. #666016
  6. #555012
  7. #44400e
  8. #33300b
  9. #222007
  10. #111004
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa024
  2. #b3aa3a
  3. #bbb350
  4. #c4bd66
  5. #ccc67c
  6. #d5d092
  7. #ddd9a7
  8. #e6e3bd
  9. #eeecd3
  10. #f7f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa024
  2. #a69d2d
  3. #a29a36
  4. #9d9640
  5. #999349
  6. #959052
  7. #918d5b
  8. #8d8a64
  9. #88866e
  10. #848377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29e7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a02e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b79489 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9d14 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa02a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2996e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa024 {
  color: #aaa024;
}
Background
.bg-aaa024 {
  background-color: #aaa024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa024 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 160 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 65% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa024, #71aa24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 160 36 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.59 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.54 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.12 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.47 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.52 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.85 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.90 #555fdb Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa024  rgb(170, 160, 36)  hsl(56, 65%, 40%)  Brass
#242eaa  rgb(36, 46, 170)  hsl(236, 65%, 40%)  Egyptian Blue
#24aaa0  rgb(36, 170, 160)  hsl(176, 65%, 40%)  Light Sea Green
#a024aa  rgb(160, 36, 170)  hsl(296, 65%, 40%)  Dark Orchid