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#ACB00A

#acb00a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#acb00a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 69.02% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.27% cyan, 0% magenta, 94.32% yellow and 30.98% black. Its hue angle is 61.45°, with 89.25% saturation and 36.47% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.97.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999900
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Relative luminance0.3984

Complementary

  1. #acb00a
  2. #0e0ab0

Split complementary

  1. #acb00a
  2. #0a59b0
  3. #610ab0

Analogous

  1. #b0610a
  2. #acb00a
  3. #59b00a

Triadic

  1. #acb00a
  2. #0aacb0
  3. #b00aac

Tetradic

  1. #acb00a
  2. #0ab00e
  3. #0e0ab0
  4. #b00aac

Square

  1. #acb00a
  2. #0ab061
  3. #0e0ab0
  4. #b00a59

Monochromatic

  1. #1f1f02
  2. #656806
  3. #acb00a
  4. #ecf215
  5. #f2f65d

Shades

#acb00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acb00a
  2. #9b9e09
  3. #8a8d08
  4. #787b07
  5. #676a06
  6. #565805
  7. #454604
  8. #343503
  9. #222302
  10. #111201
  11. #000000

Tints

#acb00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acb00a
  2. #b4b823
  3. #bdc03b
  4. #c5c854
  5. #cdd06c
  6. #d6d885
  7. #dedf9d
  8. #e6e7b6
  9. #eeefce
  10. #f7f7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acb00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acb00a
  2. #a8ab16
  3. #a3a622
  4. #9fa22d
  5. #9a9d39
  6. #969845
  7. #929351
  8. #8d8e5d
  9. #898a68
  10. #848574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaac86 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfa700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ab23 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9a496 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8ab00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8ad1b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4a977 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acb00a {
  color: #acb00a;
}
Background
.bg-acb00a {
  background-color: #acb00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acb00a {
  border: 2px solid #acb00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acb00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 176 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 89% 36%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acb00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acb00a, #59b00a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acb00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 176 10 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.97 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 7.72 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.60 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.65 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.61 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 11.17 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 11.35 #534ff5 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Brass
#acb00a  rgb(172, 176, 10)  hsl(61, 89%, 36%)  Brass
#0e0ab0  rgb(14, 10, 176)  hsl(241, 89%, 36%)  Zaffre
#0aacb0  rgb(10, 172, 176)  hsl(181, 89%, 36%)  Verdigris
#b00aac  rgb(176, 10, 172)  hsl(301, 89%, 36%)  Dark Orchid