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#A69918

#a69918 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#a69918 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 60% green and 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.83% magenta, 85.54% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 54.51°, with 74.74% saturation and 37.25% 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 7.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.06.

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Relative luminance0.3096

Complementary

  1. #a69918
  2. #1825a6

Split complementary

  1. #a69918
  2. #186ca6
  3. #5218a6

Analogous

  1. #a65218
  2. #a69918
  3. #6ca618

Triadic

  1. #a69918
  2. #18a699
  3. #9918a6

Tetradic

  1. #a69918
  2. #25a618
  3. #1825a6
  4. #9918a6

Square

  1. #a69918
  2. #18a652
  3. #1825a6
  4. #a6186c

Monochromatic

  1. #201e05
  2. #635b0e
  3. #a69918
  4. #e0d02a
  5. #eade6d

Shades

#a69918 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a69918
  2. #958a16
  3. #857a13
  4. #746b11
  5. #645c0e
  6. #534d0c
  7. #423d0a
  8. #322e07
  9. #211f05
  10. #110f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#a69918 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a69918
  2. #afa32f
  3. #b8ad46
  4. #c1b85d
  5. #cac274
  6. #d3cc8c
  7. #dbd6a3
  8. #e4e0ba
  9. #edebd1
  10. #f6f5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a69918 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a69918
  2. #a29722
  3. #9e942d
  4. #9b9237
  5. #978f42
  6. #938d4c
  7. #8f8a56
  8. #8b8861
  9. #88856b
  10. #848376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d9878 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a89400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ac9a24 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b38d82 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a79600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aa9920 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ae9268 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a69918 {
  color: #a69918;
}
Background
.bg-a69918 {
  background-color: #a69918;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a69918 {
  border: 2px solid #a69918;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a69918;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 153 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 75% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a69918 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a69918, #6ca618);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a69918 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 153 24 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.06 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.18 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.52 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.29 #808000 Olive ΔE 10.31 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 11.27 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 11.91 #5966e7 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Brass
#a69918  rgb(166, 153, 24)  hsl(55, 75%, 37%)  Brass
#1825a6  rgb(24, 37, 166)  hsl(235, 75%, 37%)  Imperial Blue
#18a699  rgb(24, 166, 153)  hsl(175, 75%, 37%)  Persian Green
#9918a6  rgb(153, 24, 166)  hsl(295, 75%, 37%)  Dark Magenta