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#A89618

#a89618 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#a89618 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 58.82% green and 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.71% magenta, 85.71% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 52.5°, with 75% saturation and 37.65% 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 7.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.55.

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Web safe#999900
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Relative luminance0.302

Complementary

  1. #a89618
  2. #182aa8

Split complementary

  1. #a89618
  2. #1872a8
  3. #4e18a8

Analogous

  1. #a84e18
  2. #a89618
  3. #72a818

Triadic

  1. #a89618
  2. #18a896
  3. #9618a8

Tetradic

  1. #a89618
  2. #2aa818
  3. #182aa8
  4. #9618a8

Square

  1. #a89618
  2. #18a84e
  3. #182aa8
  4. #a81872

Monochromatic

  1. #221e05
  2. #655a0e
  3. #a89618
  4. #e1ca2c
  5. #eadb6f

Shades

#a89618 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a89618
  2. #978716
  3. #867813
  4. #766911
  5. #655a0e
  6. #544b0c
  7. #433c0a
  8. #322d07
  9. #221e05
  10. #110f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#a89618 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a89618
  2. #b1a12f
  3. #b9ab46
  4. #c2b65d
  5. #cbc074
  6. #d4cb8c
  7. #dcd5a3
  8. #e5e0ba
  9. #eeead1
  10. #f6f5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a89618 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a89618
  2. #a49422
  3. #a0922d
  4. #9c8f37
  5. #988d42
  6. #948b4c
  7. #908956
  8. #8c8761
  9. #88846b
  10. #848276
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d9677 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a59200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aa9824 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b68a80 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a79300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9971f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b08f66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a89618 {
  color: #a89618;
}
Background
.bg-a89618 {
  background-color: #a89618;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a89618 {
  border: 2px solid #a89618;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a89618;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 150 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 75% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a89618 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a89618, #72a818);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a89618 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 150 24 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.55 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.54 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.72 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.94 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 10.28 #808000 Olive ΔE 10.35 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.68 #5769e7 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Brass
#a89618  rgb(168, 150, 24)  hsl(53, 75%, 38%)  Brass
#182aa8  rgb(24, 42, 168)  hsl(233, 75%, 38%)  Egyptian Blue
#18a896  rgb(24, 168, 150)  hsl(173, 75%, 38%)  Persian Green
#9618a8  rgb(150, 24, 168)  hsl(293, 75%, 38%)  Dark Magenta