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#AEA233

#aea233 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aea233 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 63.53% green and 20% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.9% magenta, 70.69% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 54.15°, with 54.67% saturation and 44.12% 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 8.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.1.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3508

Complementary

  1. #aea233
  2. #333fae

Split complementary

  1. #aea233
  2. #337cae
  3. #6533ae

Analogous

  1. #ae6533
  2. #aea233
  3. #7cae33

Triadic

  1. #aea233
  2. #33aea2
  3. #a233ae

Tetradic

  1. #aea233
  2. #3fae33
  3. #333fae
  4. #a233ae

Square

  1. #aea233
  2. #33ae65
  3. #333fae
  4. #ae337c

Monochromatic

  1. #383410
  2. #736b22
  3. #aea233
  4. #d0c55e
  5. #e1da99

Shades

#aea233 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea233
  2. #9d922e
  3. #8b8229
  4. #7a7124
  5. #68611f
  6. #57511a
  7. #464114
  8. #34310f
  9. #23200a
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea233 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea233
  2. #b6ab47
  3. #beb55c
  4. #c6be70
  5. #cec785
  6. #d7d199
  7. #dfdaad
  8. #e7e3c2
  9. #efecd6
  10. #f7f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea233 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea233
  2. #a99f3b
  3. #a59b42
  4. #a0984a
  5. #9c9452
  6. #97915a
  7. #928e61
  8. #8e8a69
  9. #898771
  10. #858378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a182 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19d22 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a23a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb978c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b09f2a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a237 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b69b73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea233 {
  color: #aea233;
}
Background
.bg-aea233 {
  background-color: #aea233;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea233 {
  border: 2px solid #aea233;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea233;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 162 51;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 55% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea233 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea233, #7cae33);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea233 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 162 51 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.10 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.19 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.30 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.18 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.68 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.71 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.93 #515dcc Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#aea233  rgb(174, 162, 51)  hsl(54, 55%, 44%)  Brass
#333fae  rgb(51, 63, 174)  hsl(234, 55%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#33aea2  rgb(51, 174, 162)  hsl(174, 55%, 44%)  Light Sea Green
#a233ae  rgb(162, 51, 174)  hsl(294, 55%, 44%)  Purpureus