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#AAA44E

#aaa44e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa44e 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 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 54.12% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 56.09°, with 37.1% saturation and 48.63% 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 8.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.55.

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Relative luminance0.3565

Complementary

  1. #aaa44e
  2. #4e54aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa44e
  2. #4e82aa
  3. #764eaa

Analogous

  1. #aa764e
  2. #aaa44e
  3. #82aa4e

Triadic

  1. #aaa44e
  2. #4eaaa4
  3. #a44eaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa44e
  2. #54aa4e
  3. #4e54aa
  4. #a44eaa

Square

  1. #aaa44e
  2. #4eaa76
  3. #4e54aa
  4. #aa4e82

Monochromatic

  1. #413f1e
  2. #767136
  3. #aaa44e
  4. #c5c080
  5. #dddab4

Shades

#aaa44e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa44e
  2. #999446
  3. #88833e
  4. #777337
  5. #66622f
  6. #555227
  7. #44421f
  8. #333117
  9. #222110
  10. #111008
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa44e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa44e
  2. #b3ad60
  3. #bbb671
  4. #c4bf83
  5. #ccc895
  6. #d5d2a7
  7. #dddbb8
  8. #e6e4ca
  9. #eeeddc
  10. #f7f6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa44e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa44e
  2. #a6a053
  3. #a29d58
  4. #9d995d
  5. #999662
  6. #959267
  7. #918e6c
  8. #8d8b71
  9. #888776
  10. #84847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a288 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09f46 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a352 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b59a91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aea149 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa351 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b19e7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa44e {
  color: #aaa44e;
}
Background
.bg-aaa44e {
  background-color: #aaa44e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa44e {
  border: 2px solid #aaa44e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa44e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 37% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa44e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa44e, #82aa4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa44e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 78 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.55 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.85 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.08 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.16 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.22 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.32 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.18 #555bb1 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa44e  rgb(170, 164, 78)  hsl(56, 37%, 49%)  Brass
#4e54aa  rgb(78, 84, 170)  hsl(236, 37%, 49%)  Ocean Blue
#4eaaa4  rgb(78, 170, 164)  hsl(176, 37%, 49%)  Verdigris
#a44eaa  rgb(164, 78, 170)  hsl(296, 37%, 49%)  Purpureus