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#A69656

#a69656 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#a69656 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 58.82% green and 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.64% magenta, 48.19% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 48°, with 31.75% saturation and 49.41% 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 7.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 7.32.

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Relative luminance0.3059

Complementary

  1. #a69656
  2. #5666a6

Split complementary

  1. #a69656
  2. #568ea6
  3. #6e56a6

Analogous

  1. #a66e56
  2. #a69656
  3. #8ea656

Triadic

  1. #a69656
  2. #56a696
  3. #9656a6

Tetradic

  1. #a69656
  2. #66a656
  3. #5666a6
  4. #9656a6

Square

  1. #a69656
  2. #56a66e
  3. #5666a6
  4. #a6568e

Monochromatic

  1. #413b22
  2. #74683c
  3. #a69656
  4. #c1b687
  5. #dbd4ba

Shades

#a69656 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a69656
  2. #95874d
  3. #857845
  4. #74693c
  5. #645a34
  6. #534b2b
  7. #423c22
  8. #322d1a
  9. #211e11
  10. #110f09
  11. #000000

Tints

#a69656 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a69656
  2. #afa167
  3. #b8ab78
  4. #c1b689
  5. #cac09a
  6. #d3cbab
  7. #dbd5bb
  8. #e4e0cc
  9. #edeadd
  10. #f6f5ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a69656 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a69656
  2. #a2945a
  3. #9e925e
  4. #9b8f63
  5. #978d67
  6. #938b6b
  7. #8f896f
  8. #8b8773
  9. #888478
  10. #84827c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d9681 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a29351 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a69959 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b18d87 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a39453 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a69858 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad9176 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a69656 {
  color: #a69656;
}
Background
.bg-a69656 {
  background-color: #a69656;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a69656 {
  border: 2px solid #a69656;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a69656;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 150 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 32% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a69656 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a69656, #8ea656);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a69656 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 150 86 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.32 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.14 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.53 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.81 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.99 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 10.08 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 11.19 #5969a9 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Brass
#a69656  rgb(166, 150, 86)  hsl(48, 32%, 49%)  Brass
#5666a6  rgb(86, 102, 166)  hsl(228, 32%, 49%)  Queen Blue
#56a696  rgb(86, 166, 150)  hsl(168, 32%, 49%)  Persian Green
#9656a6  rgb(150, 86, 166)  hsl(288, 32%, 49%)  Purpureus