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#A3A024

#a3a024 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#a3a024 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 62.75% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.84% magenta, 77.91% yellow and 36.08% black. Its hue angle is 58.58°, with 63.82% 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 7.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.79.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3306

Complementary

  1. #a3a024
  2. #2427a3

Split complementary

  1. #a3a024
  2. #2467a3
  3. #6024a3

Analogous

  1. #a36024
  2. #a3a024
  3. #67a324

Triadic

  1. #a3a024
  2. #24a3a0
  3. #a024a3

Tetradic

  1. #a3a024
  2. #27a324
  3. #2427a3
  4. #a024a3

Square

  1. #a3a024
  2. #24a360
  3. #2427a3
  4. #a32467

Monochromatic

  1. #262508
  2. #646216
  3. #a3a024
  4. #d5d13f
  5. #e2e07e

Shades

#a3a024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a3a024
  2. #939020
  3. #82801d
  4. #727019
  5. #626016
  6. #525012
  7. #41400e
  8. #31300b
  9. #212007
  10. #101004
  11. #000000

Tints

#a3a024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a3a024
  2. #acaa3a
  3. #b5b350
  4. #bfbd66
  5. #c8c67c
  6. #d1d092
  7. #dad9a7
  8. #e3e3bd
  9. #edecd3
  10. #f6f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a3a024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a3a024
  2. #a09d2d
  3. #9c9a36
  4. #999640
  5. #959349
  6. #929052
  7. #8e8d5b
  8. #8b8a64
  9. #87866e
  10. #848377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f9d7d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9901 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b09e2e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #af9589 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aa9c14 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ab9f2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa9a6e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a3a024 {
  color: #a3a024;
}
Background
.bg-a3a024 {
  background-color: #a3a024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a3a024 {
  border: 2px solid #a3a024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a3a024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 160 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 64% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a3a024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a3a024, #67a324);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a3a024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 160 36 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.79 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.56 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.59 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.63 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.24 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.20 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 11.33 #5c5fdb Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Brass
#a3a024  rgb(163, 160, 36)  hsl(59, 64%, 39%)  Brass
#2427a3  rgb(36, 39, 163)  hsl(239, 64%, 39%)  Imperial Blue
#24a3a0  rgb(36, 163, 160)  hsl(179, 64%, 39%)  Light Sea Green
#a024a3  rgb(160, 36, 163)  hsl(299, 64%, 39%)  Dark Magenta