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#AAA034

#aaa034 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa034 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 20.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 69.41% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 54.92°, with 53.15% saturation and 43.53% 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 2.72.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3394

Complementary

  1. #aaa034
  2. #343eaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa034
  2. #3479aa
  3. #6534aa

Analogous

  1. #aa6534
  2. #aaa034
  3. #79aa34

Triadic

  1. #aaa034
  2. #34aaa0
  3. #a034aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa034
  2. #3eaa34
  3. #343eaa
  4. #a034aa

Square

  1. #aaa034
  2. #34aa65
  3. #343eaa
  4. #aa3479

Monochromatic

  1. #353210
  2. #6f6922
  3. #aaa034
  4. #cdc45d
  5. #dfd998

Shades

#aaa034 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa034
  2. #99902f
  3. #88802a
  4. #777024
  5. #66601f
  6. #55501a
  7. #444015
  8. #333010
  9. #22200a
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa034 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa034
  2. #b3aa48
  3. #bbb35d
  4. #c4bd71
  5. #ccc685
  6. #d5d09a
  7. #ddd9ae
  8. #e6e3c2
  9. #eeecd6
  10. #f7f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa034 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa034
  2. #a69d3c
  3. #a29a43
  4. #9d964b
  5. #999352
  6. #95905a
  7. #918d62
  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 #ae9b24 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1a03b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7958a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9d2b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa038 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29a72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa034 {
  color: #aaa034;
}
Background
.bg-aaa034 {
  background-color: #aaa034;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa034 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa034;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa034;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 160 52;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 53% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa034 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa034, #79aa34);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa034 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 160 52 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.72 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.85 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.26 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.40 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.60 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.55 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.88 #555fcb Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa034  rgb(170, 160, 52)  hsl(55, 53%, 44%)  Brass
#343eaa  rgb(52, 62, 170)  hsl(235, 53%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#34aaa0  rgb(52, 170, 160)  hsl(175, 53%, 44%)  Light Sea Green
#a034aa  rgb(160, 52, 170)  hsl(295, 53%, 44%)  Purpureus