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#AAA040

#aaa040 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa040 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 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 62.35% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 54.34°, with 45.3% saturation and 45.88% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.58.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3406

Complementary

  1. #aaa040
  2. #404aaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa040
  2. #407faa
  3. #6b40aa

Analogous

  1. #aa6b40
  2. #aaa040
  3. #7faa40

Triadic

  1. #aaa040
  2. #40aaa0
  3. #a040aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa040
  2. #4aaa40
  3. #404aaa
  4. #a040aa

Square

  1. #aaa040
  2. #40aa6b
  3. #404aaa
  4. #aa407f

Monochromatic

  1. #3b3716
  2. #726c2b
  3. #aaa040
  4. #c8c06e
  5. #ddd8a6

Shades

#aaa040 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa040
  2. #99903a
  3. #888033
  4. #77702d
  5. #666026
  6. #555020
  7. #44401a
  8. #333013
  9. #22200d
  10. #111006
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa040 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa040
  2. #b3aa53
  3. #bbb366
  4. #c4bd79
  5. #ccc68c
  6. #d5d0a0
  7. #ddd9b3
  8. #e6e3c6
  9. #eeecd9
  10. #f7f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa040 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa040
  2. #a69d46
  3. #a29a4d
  4. #9d9653
  5. #99935a
  6. #959060
  7. #918d66
  8. #8d8a6d
  9. #888673
  10. #84837a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39f82 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9b35 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1a045 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6968c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac9d3a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aea043 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b19a75 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa040 {
  color: #aaa040;
}
Background
.bg-aaa040 {
  background-color: #aaa040;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa040 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa040;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa040;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 160 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 45% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa040 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa040, #7faa40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa040 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 160 64 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.58 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.45 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.54 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.62 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.85 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.56 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.68 #555fbf Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa040  rgb(170, 160, 64)  hsl(54, 45%, 46%)  Brass
#404aaa  rgb(64, 74, 170)  hsl(234, 45%, 46%)  Ocean Blue
#40aaa0  rgb(64, 170, 160)  hsl(174, 45%, 46%)  Light Sea Green
#a040aa  rgb(160, 64, 170)  hsl(294, 45%, 46%)  Purpureus