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#AAA331

#aaa331 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.92% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.12% magenta, 71.18% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 56.53°, with 55.25% saturation and 42.94% 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 7.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.06.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3496

Complementary

  1. #aaa331
  2. #3138aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa331
  2. #3174aa
  3. #6631aa

Analogous

  1. #aa6631
  2. #aaa331
  3. #74aa31

Triadic

  1. #aaa331
  2. #31aaa3
  3. #a331aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa331
  2. #38aa31
  3. #3138aa
  4. #a331aa

Square

  1. #aaa331
  2. #31aa66
  3. #3138aa
  4. #aa3174

Monochromatic

  1. #33310f
  2. #6f6a20
  3. #aaa331
  4. #cfc858
  5. #e0dc94

Shades

#aaa331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa331
  2. #99932c
  3. #888227
  4. #777222
  5. #66621d
  6. #555219
  7. #444114
  8. #33310f
  9. #22210a
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa331
  2. #b3ac46
  3. #bbb55a
  4. #c4bf6f
  5. #ccc883
  6. #d5d198
  7. #dddaad
  8. #e6e3c1
  9. #eeedd6
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa331
  2. #a6a039
  3. #a29c41
  4. #9d9949
  5. #999551
  6. #959259
  7. #918e60
  8. #8d8b68
  9. #888770
  10. #848478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a182 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19d1e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a239 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7988d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae9f27 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a236 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29d73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa331 {
  color: #aaa331;
}
Background
.bg-aaa331 {
  background-color: #aaa331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa331 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 163 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 55% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa331, #74aa31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 163 49 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.06 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.81 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.09 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.17 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.84 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.93 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.68 #555cce Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa331  rgb(170, 163, 49)  hsl(57, 55%, 43%)  Brass
#3138aa  rgb(49, 56, 170)  hsl(237, 55%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#31aaa3  rgb(49, 170, 163)  hsl(177, 55%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a331aa  rgb(163, 49, 170)  hsl(297, 55%, 43%)  Purpureus