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#AAA52E

#aaa52e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa52e 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 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.94% magenta, 72.94% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 57.58°, 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 8.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.54.

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Relative luminance0.3565

Complementary

  1. #aaa52e
  2. #2e33aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa52e
  2. #2e71aa
  3. #672eaa

Analogous

  1. #aa672e
  2. #aaa52e
  3. #71aa2e

Triadic

  1. #aaa52e
  2. #2eaaa5
  3. #a52eaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa52e
  2. #33aa2e
  3. #2e33aa
  4. #a52eaa

Square

  1. #aaa52e
  2. #2eaa67
  3. #2e33aa
  4. #aa2e71

Monochromatic

  1. #32300d
  2. #6e6b1e
  3. #aaa52e
  4. #d1cc54
  5. #e1de90

Shades

#aaa52e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa52e
  2. #999529
  3. #888425
  4. #777420
  5. #66631c
  6. #555317
  7. #444212
  8. #33320e
  9. #222109
  10. #111105
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa52e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa52e
  2. #b3ae43
  3. #bbb758
  4. #c4c06d
  5. #ccc982
  6. #d5d297
  7. #dddbab
  8. #e6e4c0
  9. #eeedd5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa52e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa52e
  2. #a6a136
  3. #a29e3e
  4. #9d9a47
  5. #99964f
  6. #959357
  7. #918f5f
  8. #8d8b67
  9. #888770
  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 #b39f18 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a337 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b79a8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a122 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a433 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29e74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa52e {
  color: #aaa52e;
}
Background
.bg-aaa52e {
  background-color: #aaa52e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa52e {
  border: 2px solid #aaa52e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa52e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 165 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 57% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa52e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa52e, #71aa2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa52e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 165 46 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.54 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.93 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.06 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.18 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.05 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.21 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.90 #555ad1 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa52e  rgb(170, 165, 46)  hsl(58, 57%, 42%)  Brass
#2e33aa  rgb(46, 51, 170)  hsl(238, 57%, 42%)  Egyptian Blue
#2eaaa5  rgb(46, 170, 165)  hsl(178, 57%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a52eaa  rgb(165, 46, 170)  hsl(298, 57%, 42%)  Purpureus