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#AE9C19

#ae9c19 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ae9c19 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 61.18% green and 9.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.34% magenta, 85.63% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 52.75°, with 74.87% saturation and 39.02% 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 7.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.32.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999900
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Relative luminance0.3285

Complementary

  1. #ae9c19
  2. #192bae

Split complementary

  1. #ae9c19
  2. #1976ae
  3. #5119ae

Analogous

  1. #ae5119
  2. #ae9c19
  3. #76ae19

Triadic

  1. #ae9c19
  2. #19ae9c
  3. #9c19ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae9c19
  2. #2bae19
  3. #192bae
  4. #9c19ae

Square

  1. #ae9c19
  2. #19ae51
  3. #192bae
  4. #ae1976

Monochromatic

  1. #282406
  2. #6b600f
  3. #ae9c19
  4. #e2cc32
  5. #ebdd75

Shades

#ae9c19 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae9c19
  2. #9d8c17
  3. #8b7d14
  4. #7a6d12
  5. #685e0f
  6. #574e0d
  7. #463e0a
  8. #342f08
  9. #231f05
  10. #111003
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae9c19 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae9c19
  2. #b6a630
  3. #beb047
  4. #c6ba5e
  5. #cec475
  6. #d7ce8c
  7. #dfd7a3
  8. #e7e1ba
  9. #efebd1
  10. #f7f5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae9c19 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae9c19
  2. #a99923
  3. #a5962e
  4. #a09438
  5. #9c9142
  6. #978e4d
  7. #928b57
  8. #8e8861
  9. #89866b
  10. #858376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39b7c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ac9700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b19e25 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc9085 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b09d21 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7956a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae9c19 {
  color: #ae9c19;
}
Background
.bg-ae9c19 {
  background-color: #ae9c19;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae9c19 {
  border: 2px solid #ae9c19;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae9c19;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 156 25;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 75% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae9c19 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae9c19, #76ae19);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae9c19 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 156 25 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.32 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.93 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.12 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.46 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 10.78 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.84 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 11.10 #5163e6 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Brass
#ae9c19  rgb(174, 156, 25)  hsl(53, 75%, 39%)  Brass
#192bae  rgb(25, 43, 174)  hsl(233, 75%, 39%)  Egyptian Blue
#19ae9c  rgb(25, 174, 156)  hsl(173, 75%, 39%)  Persian Green
#9c19ae  rgb(156, 25, 174)  hsl(293, 75%, 39%)  Dark Orchid