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#AE9727

#ae9727 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ae9727 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 59.22% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.22% magenta, 77.59% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 49.78°, with 63.38% 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 7.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.02.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3128

Complementary

  1. #ae9727
  2. #273eae

Split complementary

  1. #ae9727
  2. #2781ae
  3. #5327ae

Analogous

  1. #ae5327
  2. #ae9727
  3. #81ae27

Triadic

  1. #ae9727
  2. #27ae97
  3. #9727ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae9727
  2. #3eae27
  3. #273eae
  4. #9727ae

Square

  1. #ae9727
  2. #27ae53
  3. #273eae
  4. #ae2781

Monochromatic

  1. #312b0b
  2. #6f6119
  3. #ae9727
  4. #d7bf4b
  5. #e5d589

Shades

#ae9727 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae9727
  2. #9d8823
  3. #8b791f
  4. #7a6a1b
  5. #685b17
  6. #574c14
  7. #463c10
  8. #342d0c
  9. #231e08
  10. #110f04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae9727 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae9727
  2. #b6a13d
  3. #beac52
  4. #c6b668
  5. #cec17d
  6. #d7cb93
  7. #dfd5a9
  8. #e7e0be
  9. #efead4
  10. #f7f5e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae9727 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae9727
  2. #a99530
  3. #a59239
  4. #a09042
  5. #9c8e4b
  6. #978c54
  7. #92895c
  8. #8e8765
  9. #89856e
  10. #858277
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1977a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7930f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ad9b2f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc8b82 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aa951b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ad992c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b79069 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae9727 {
  color: #ae9727;
}
Background
.bg-ae9727 {
  background-color: #ae9727;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae9727 {
  border: 2px solid #ae9727;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae9727;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 151 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 63% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae9727 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae9727, #81ae27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae9727 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 151 39 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.02 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.63 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.67 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.93 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.96 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 10.12 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 11.36 #5168d8 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Brass
#ae9727  rgb(174, 151, 39)  hsl(50, 63%, 42%)  Brass
#273eae  rgb(39, 62, 174)  hsl(230, 63%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#27ae97  rgb(39, 174, 151)  hsl(170, 63%, 42%)  Persian Green
#9727ae  rgb(151, 39, 174)  hsl(290, 63%, 42%)  Dark Orchid