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#AAA032

#aaa032 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa032 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 62.75% green and 19.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 70.59% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 55°, with 54.55% saturation and 43.14% 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 7.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.81.

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Relative luminance0.3392

Complementary

  1. #aaa032
  2. #323caa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa032
  2. #3278aa
  3. #6432aa

Analogous

  1. #aa6432
  2. #aaa032
  3. #78aa32

Triadic

  1. #aaa032
  2. #32aaa0
  3. #a032aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa032
  2. #3caa32
  3. #323caa
  4. #a032aa

Square

  1. #aaa032
  2. #32aa64
  3. #323caa
  4. #aa3278

Monochromatic

  1. #34310f
  2. #6f6821
  3. #aaa032
  4. #cec55a
  5. #e0da95

Shades

#aaa032 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa032
  2. #99902d
  3. #888028
  4. #777023
  5. #66601e
  6. #555019
  7. #444014
  8. #33300f
  9. #22200a
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa032 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa032
  2. #b3aa47
  3. #bbb35b
  4. #c4bd70
  5. #ccc684
  6. #d5d099
  7. #ddd9ad
  8. #e6e3c2
  9. #eeecd6
  10. #f7f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa032 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa032
  2. #a69d3a
  3. #a29a42
  4. #9d9649
  5. #999351
  6. #959059
  7. #918d61
  8. #8d8a69
  9. #888670
  10. #848378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39e80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9b21 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a039 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7958a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9d29 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa036 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29a71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa032 {
  color: #aaa032;
}
Background
.bg-aaa032 {
  background-color: #aaa032;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa032 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa032;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa032;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 160 50;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 55% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa032 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa032, #78aa32);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa032 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 160 50 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.81 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.93 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.22 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.54 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.57 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.71 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.92 #555fcd Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa032  rgb(170, 160, 50)  hsl(55, 55%, 43%)  Brass
#323caa  rgb(50, 60, 170)  hsl(235, 55%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#32aaa0  rgb(50, 170, 160)  hsl(175, 55%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a032aa  rgb(160, 50, 170)  hsl(295, 55%, 43%)  Purpureus