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#A69D4E

#a69d4e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#a69d4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 61.57% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.42% magenta, 53.01% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 53.86°, with 36.07% saturation and 47.84% 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 7.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.61.

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Relative luminance0.3277

Complementary

  1. #a69d4e
  2. #4e57a6

Split complementary

  1. #a69d4e
  2. #4e83a6
  3. #714ea6

Analogous

  1. #a6714e
  2. #a69d4e
  3. #83a64e

Triadic

  1. #a69d4e
  2. #4ea69d
  3. #9d4ea6

Tetradic

  1. #a69d4e
  2. #57a64e
  3. #4e57a6
  4. #9d4ea6

Square

  1. #a69d4e
  2. #4ea671
  3. #4e57a6
  4. #a64e83

Monochromatic

  1. #3e3b1d
  2. #726c36
  3. #a69d4e
  4. #c2bb7e
  5. #dbd7b2

Shades

#a69d4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a69d4e
  2. #958d46
  3. #857e3e
  4. #746e37
  5. #645e2f
  6. #534f27
  7. #423f1f
  8. #322f17
  9. #211f10
  10. #111008
  11. #000000

Tints

#a69d4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a69d4e
  2. #afa760
  3. #b8b171
  4. #c1ba83
  5. #cac495
  6. #d3cea7
  7. #dbd8b8
  8. #e4e2ca
  9. #edebdc
  10. #f6f5ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a69d4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a69d4e
  2. #a29a53
  3. #9e9758
  4. #9b945d
  5. #979162
  6. #938f67
  7. #8f8c6c
  8. #8b8971
  9. #888676
  10. #84837b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a09c83 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a99947 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ac9d52 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1948b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a89a4a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aa9d50 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad9877 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a69d4e {
  color: #a69d4e;
}
Background
.bg-a69d4e {
  background-color: #a69d4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a69d4e {
  border: 2px solid #a69d4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a69d4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 157 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 36% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a69d4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a69d4e, #83a64e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a69d4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 157 78 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.61 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.51 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.54 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 8.69 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.52 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 10.53 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.78 #5962b1 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Brass
#a69d4e  rgb(166, 157, 78)  hsl(54, 36%, 48%)  Brass
#4e57a6  rgb(78, 87, 166)  hsl(234, 36%, 48%)  Sapphire
#4ea69d  rgb(78, 166, 157)  hsl(174, 36%, 48%)  Verdigris
#9d4ea6  rgb(157, 78, 166)  hsl(294, 36%, 48%)  Purpureus