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#A69C38

#a69c38 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#a69c38 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 61.18% green and 21.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.02% magenta, 66.27% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 54.55°, with 49.55% saturation and 43.53% 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 7.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.62.

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Relative luminance0.3217

Complementary

  1. #a69c38
  2. #3842a6

Split complementary

  1. #a69c38
  2. #3879a6
  3. #6538a6

Analogous

  1. #a66538
  2. #a69c38
  3. #79a638

Triadic

  1. #a69c38
  2. #38a69c
  3. #9c38a6

Tetradic

  1. #a69c38
  2. #42a638
  3. #3842a6
  4. #9c38a6

Square

  1. #a69c38
  2. #38a665
  3. #3842a6
  4. #a63879

Monochromatic

  1. #343011
  2. #6d6625
  3. #a69c38
  4. #cac061
  5. #ddd79a

Shades

#a69c38 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a69c38
  2. #958c32
  3. #857d2d
  4. #746d27
  5. #645e22
  6. #534e1c
  7. #423e16
  8. #322f11
  9. #211f0b
  10. #111006
  11. #000000

Tints

#a69c38 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a69c38
  2. #afa64c
  3. #b8b060
  4. #c1ba74
  5. #cac488
  6. #d3ce9c
  7. #dbd7af
  8. #e4e1c3
  9. #edebd7
  10. #f6f5eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a69c38 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a69c38
  2. #a2993f
  3. #9e9646
  4. #9b944e
  5. #979155
  6. #938e5c
  7. #8f8b63
  8. #8b886a
  9. #888672
  10. #848379
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f9b7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aa972b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ad9c3e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b29287 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a89931 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aa9c3c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad9670 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a69c38 {
  color: #a69c38;
}
Background
.bg-a69c38 {
  background-color: #a69c38;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a69c38 {
  border: 2px solid #a69c38;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a69c38;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 156 56;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 50% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a69c38 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a69c38, #79a638);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a69c38 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 156 56 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.62 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.70 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.90 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.48 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.51 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.64 #808000 Olive ΔE 10.88 #5963c7 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Brass
#a69c38  rgb(166, 156, 56)  hsl(55, 50%, 44%)  Brass
#3842a6  rgb(56, 66, 166)  hsl(235, 50%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#38a69c  rgb(56, 166, 156)  hsl(175, 50%, 44%)  Light Sea Green
#9c38a6  rgb(156, 56, 166)  hsl(295, 50%, 44%)  Purpureus