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#A3A045

#a3a045 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#a3a045 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 62.75% green and 27.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.84% magenta, 57.67% yellow and 36.08% black. Its hue angle is 58.09°, with 40.52% saturation and 45.49% 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 7.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.5.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3336

Complementary

  1. #a3a045
  2. #4548a3

Split complementary

  1. #a3a045
  2. #4577a3
  3. #7145a3

Analogous

  1. #a37145
  2. #a3a045
  3. #77a345

Triadic

  1. #a3a045
  2. #45a3a0
  3. #a045a3

Tetradic

  1. #a3a045
  2. #48a345
  3. #4548a3
  4. #a045a3

Square

  1. #a3a045
  2. #45a371
  3. #4548a3
  4. #a34577

Monochromatic

  1. #383617
  2. #6d6b2e
  3. #a3a045
  4. #c3c071
  5. #dad8a7

Shades

#a3a045 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a3a045
  2. #93903e
  3. #828037
  4. #727030
  5. #626029
  6. #525023
  7. #41401c
  8. #313015
  9. #21200e
  10. #101007
  11. #000000

Tints

#a3a045 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a3a045
  2. #acaa58
  3. #b5b36a
  4. #bfbd7d
  5. #c8c68f
  6. #d1d0a2
  7. #dad9b5
  8. #e3e3c7
  9. #edecda
  10. #f6f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a3a045 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a3a045
  2. #a09d4b
  3. #9c9a51
  4. #999657
  5. #95935d
  6. #929063
  7. #8e8d68
  8. #8b8a6e
  9. #878674
  10. #84837a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f9e82 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ac9a3b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ae9e4a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ae978c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a99d3f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aa9f48 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa9a76 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a3a045 {
  color: #a3a045;
}
Background
.bg-a3a045 {
  background-color: #a3a045;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a3a045 {
  border: 2px solid #a3a045;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a3a045;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 160 69;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 41% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a3a045 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a3a045, #77a345);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a3a045 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 160 69 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.50 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.49 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.70 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 8.47 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 10.39 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.97 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.24 #5c5fba Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Brass
#a3a045  rgb(163, 160, 69)  hsl(58, 41%, 45%)  Brass
#4548a3  rgb(69, 72, 163)  hsl(238, 41%, 45%)  Ocean Blue
#45a3a0  rgb(69, 163, 160)  hsl(178, 41%, 45%)  Cadet Blue
#a045a3  rgb(160, 69, 163)  hsl(298, 41%, 45%)  Purpureus