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#AAA52B

#aaa52b ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa52b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.71% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.94% magenta, 74.71% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 57.64°, with 59.62% saturation and 41.76% 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 3.69.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3563

Complementary

  1. #aaa52b
  2. #2b30aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa52b
  2. #2b6faa
  3. #652baa

Analogous

  1. #aa652b
  2. #aaa52b
  3. #6faa2b

Triadic

  1. #aaa52b
  2. #2baaa5
  3. #a52baa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa52b
  2. #30aa2b
  3. #2b30aa
  4. #a52baa

Square

  1. #aaa52b
  2. #2baa65
  3. #2b30aa
  4. #aa2b6f

Monochromatic

  1. #302e0c
  2. #6d6a1c
  3. #aaa52b
  4. #d2cd4f
  5. #e2df8c

Shades

#aaa52b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa52b
  2. #999527
  3. #888422
  4. #77741e
  5. #66631a
  6. #555316
  7. #444211
  8. #33320d
  9. #222109
  10. #111104
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa52b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa52b
  2. #b3ae40
  3. #bbb755
  4. #c4c06b
  5. #ccc980
  6. #d5d295
  7. #dddbaa
  8. #e6e4bf
  9. #eeedd5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa52b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa52b
  2. #a6a134
  3. #a29e3c
  4. #9d9a45
  5. #99964d
  6. #959356
  7. #918f5e
  8. #8d8b67
  9. #88876f
  10. #848478
  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 #a5a382 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b39e11 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a334 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b79a8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a11e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a431 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29e73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa52b {
  color: #aaa52b;
}
Background
.bg-aaa52b {
  background-color: #aaa52b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa52b {
  border: 2px solid #aaa52b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa52b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 165 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 60% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa52b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa52b, #6faa2b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa52b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 165 43 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.69 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.07 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.04 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.39 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.04 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.18 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.12 #555ad4 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa52b  rgb(170, 165, 43)  hsl(58, 60%, 42%)  Brass
#2b30aa  rgb(43, 48, 170)  hsl(238, 60%, 42%)  Egyptian Blue
#2baaa5  rgb(43, 170, 165)  hsl(178, 60%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a52baa  rgb(165, 43, 170)  hsl(298, 60%, 42%)  Purpureus