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#aaa033 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa033 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 20% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 70% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 54.96°, with 53.85% 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 7.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.76.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3393

Complementary

  1. #aaa033
  2. #333daa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa033
  2. #3378aa
  3. #6433aa

Analogous

  1. #aa6433
  2. #aaa033
  3. #78aa33

Triadic

  1. #aaa033
  2. #33aaa0
  3. #a033aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa033
  2. #3daa33
  3. #333daa
  4. #a033aa

Square

  1. #aaa033
  2. #33aa64
  3. #333daa
  4. #aa3378

Monochromatic

  1. #343110
  2. #6f6921
  3. #aaa033
  4. #cec45c
  5. #e0d996

Shades

#aaa033 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa033
  2. #99902e
  3. #888029
  4. #777024
  5. #66601f
  6. #55501a
  7. #444014
  8. #33300f
  9. #22200a
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa033 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa033
  2. #b3aa47
  3. #bbb35c
  4. #c4bd70
  5. #ccc685
  6. #d5d099
  7. #ddd9ad
  8. #e6e3c2
  9. #eeecd6
  10. #f7f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa033 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa033
  2. #a69d3b
  3. #a29a42
  4. #9d964a
  5. #999352
  6. #95905a
  7. #918d61
  8. #8d8a69
  9. #888671
  10. #848378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39e80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9b22 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a03a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7958a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9d2a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa037 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29a71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa033 {
  color: #aaa033;
}
Background
.bg-aaa033 {
  background-color: #aaa033;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa033 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa033;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa033;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 160 51;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 54% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa033 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa033, #78aa33);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa033 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 160 51 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.76 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.89 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.24 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.47 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.58 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.63 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.93 #555fcc Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa033  rgb(170, 160, 51)  hsl(55, 54%, 43%)  Brass
#333daa  rgb(51, 61, 170)  hsl(235, 54%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#33aaa0  rgb(51, 170, 160)  hsl(175, 54%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a033aa  rgb(160, 51, 170)  hsl(295, 54%, 43%)  Purpureus