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#AAA42E

#aaa42e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.31% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 72.94% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 57.1°, with 57.41% saturation and 42.35% 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 8.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.36.

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Relative luminance0.3529

Complementary

  1. #aaa42e
  2. #2e34aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa42e
  2. #2e72aa
  3. #662eaa

Analogous

  1. #aa662e
  2. #aaa42e
  3. #72aa2e

Triadic

  1. #aaa42e
  2. #2eaaa4
  3. #a42eaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa42e
  2. #34aa2e
  3. #2e34aa
  4. #a42eaa

Square

  1. #aaa42e
  2. #2eaa66
  3. #2e34aa
  4. #aa2e72

Monochromatic

  1. #32300d
  2. #6e6a1e
  3. #aaa42e
  4. #d1cb54
  5. #e1dd90

Shades

#aaa42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa42e
  2. #999429
  3. #888325
  4. #777320
  5. #66621c
  6. #555217
  7. #444212
  8. #33310e
  9. #222109
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa42e
  2. #b3ad43
  3. #bbb658
  4. #c4bf6d
  5. #ccc882
  6. #d5d297
  7. #dddbab
  8. #e6e4c0
  9. #eeedd5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa42e
  2. #a6a036
  3. #a29d3e
  4. #9d9947
  5. #99964f
  6. #959257
  7. #918e5f
  8. #8d8b67
  9. #888770
  10. #848478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a282 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29e18 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a237 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7998d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afa023 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a333 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29d73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa42e {
  color: #aaa42e;
}
Background
.bg-aaa42e {
  background-color: #aaa42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa42e {
  border: 2px solid #aaa42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 57% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa42e, #72aa2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 46 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.36 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.93 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.05 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.28 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.93 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.54 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.90 #555bd1 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa42e  rgb(170, 164, 46)  hsl(57, 57%, 42%)  Brass
#2e34aa  rgb(46, 52, 170)  hsl(237, 57%, 42%)  Egyptian Blue
#2eaaa4  rgb(46, 170, 164)  hsl(177, 57%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a42eaa  rgb(164, 46, 170)  hsl(297, 57%, 42%)  Purpureus