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#ACAA4E

#acaa4e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#acaa4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 66.67% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.16% magenta, 54.65% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 58.72°, with 37.6% saturation and 49.02% 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 8.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.07.

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Relative luminance0.3807

Complementary

  1. #acaa4e
  2. #4e50ac

Split complementary

  1. #acaa4e
  2. #4e7fac
  3. #7b4eac

Analogous

  1. #ac7b4e
  2. #acaa4e
  3. #7fac4e

Triadic

  1. #acaa4e
  2. #4eacaa
  3. #aa4eac

Tetradic

  1. #acaa4e
  2. #50ac4e
  3. #4e50ac
  4. #aa4eac

Square

  1. #acaa4e
  2. #4eac7b
  3. #4e50ac
  4. #ac4e7f

Monochromatic

  1. #43421e
  2. #777636
  3. #acaa4e
  4. #c6c481
  5. #deddb5

Shades

#acaa4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acaa4e
  2. #9b9946
  3. #8a883e
  4. #787737
  5. #67662f
  6. #565527
  7. #45441f
  8. #343317
  9. #222210
  10. #111108
  11. #000000

Tints

#acaa4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acaa4e
  2. #b4b360
  3. #bdbb71
  4. #c5c483
  5. #cdcc95
  6. #d6d5a7
  7. #deddb8
  8. #e6e6ca
  9. #eeeedc
  10. #f7f7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acaa4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acaa4e
  2. #a8a653
  3. #a3a258
  4. #9f9d5d
  5. #9a9962
  6. #969567
  7. #92916c
  8. #8d8d71
  9. #898876
  10. #84847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a88b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a445 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a853 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7a096 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a649 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a951 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3a47f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acaa4e {
  color: #acaa4e;
}
Background
.bg-acaa4e {
  background-color: #acaa4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acaa4e {
  border: 2px solid #acaa4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acaa4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 170 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 38% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acaa4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acaa4e, #7fac4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acaa4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 170 78 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.07 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.95 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.75 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.84 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.66 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.73 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.07 #5355b1 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Brass
#acaa4e  rgb(172, 170, 78)  hsl(59, 38%, 49%)  Brass
#4e50ac  rgb(78, 80, 172)  hsl(239, 38%, 49%)  Ocean Blue
#4eacaa  rgb(78, 172, 170)  hsl(179, 38%, 49%)  Verdigris
#aa4eac  rgb(170, 78, 172)  hsl(299, 38%, 49%)  Purpureus