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#A49941

#a49941 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#a49941 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 60% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.71% magenta, 60.37% yellow and 35.69% black. Its hue angle is 53.33°, with 43.23% saturation and 44.9% 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 7.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.58.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3106

Complementary

  1. #a49941
  2. #414ca4

Split complementary

  1. #a49941
  2. #417da4
  3. #6741a4

Analogous

  1. #a46741
  2. #a49941
  3. #7da441

Triadic

  1. #a49941
  2. #41a499
  3. #9941a4

Tetradic

  1. #a49941
  2. #4ca441
  3. #414ca4
  4. #9941a4

Square

  1. #a49941
  2. #41a467
  3. #414ca4
  4. #a4417d

Monochromatic

  1. #363316
  2. #6d662b
  3. #a49941
  4. #c5bb6d
  5. #dbd5a3

Shades

#a49941 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a49941
  2. #948a3b
  3. #837a34
  4. #736b2e
  5. #625c27
  6. #524d21
  7. #423d1a
  8. #312e14
  9. #211f0d
  10. #100f07
  11. #000000

Tints

#a49941 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a49941
  2. #ada354
  3. #b6ad67
  4. #bfb87a
  5. #c8c28d
  6. #d2cca0
  7. #dbd6b3
  8. #e4e0c6
  9. #edebd9
  10. #f6f5ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a49941 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a49941
  2. #a09747
  3. #9d944e
  4. #999254
  5. #968f5a
  6. #928d61
  7. #8e8a67
  8. #8b886d
  9. #878573
  10. #84837a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d987e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a69437 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a99946 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b08f86 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5963b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a79944 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab9371 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a49941 {
  color: #a49941;
}
Background
.bg-a49941 {
  background-color: #a49941;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a49941 {
  border: 2px solid #a49941;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a49941;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 153 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 43% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a49941 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a49941, #7da441);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a49941 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 153 65 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.58 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.29 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.10 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.76 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 10.55 #808000 Olive ΔE 10.57 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.18 #5b66be Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Brass
#a49941  rgb(164, 153, 65)  hsl(53, 43%, 45%)  Brass
#414ca4  rgb(65, 76, 164)  hsl(233, 43%, 45%)  Ocean Blue
#41a499  rgb(65, 164, 153)  hsl(173, 43%, 45%)  Persian Green
#9941a4  rgb(153, 65, 164)  hsl(293, 43%, 45%)  Purpureus