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#A8A00A

#a8a00a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#a8a00a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.76% magenta, 94.05% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 56.96°, with 88.76% saturation and 34.9% 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 corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.93.

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Web safe#999900
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Relative luminance0.3349

Complementary

  1. #a8a00a
  2. #0a12a8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a00a
  2. #0a61a8
  3. #510aa8

Analogous

  1. #a8510a
  2. #a8a00a
  3. #61a80a

Triadic

  1. #a8a00a
  2. #0aa8a0
  3. #a00aa8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a00a
  2. #12a80a
  3. #0a12a8
  4. #a00aa8

Square

  1. #a8a00a
  2. #0aa851
  3. #0a12a8
  4. #a80a61

Monochromatic

  1. #181601
  2. #605b06
  3. #a8a00a
  4. #f0e50e
  5. #f5ed56

Shades

#a8a00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a00a
  2. #979009
  3. #868008
  4. #767007
  5. #656006
  6. #545005
  7. #434004
  8. #323003
  9. #222002
  10. #111001
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a00a
  2. #b1aa23
  3. #b9b33b
  4. #c2bd54
  5. #cbc66c
  6. #d4d085
  7. #dcd99d
  8. #e5e3b6
  9. #eeecce
  10. #f6f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a00a
  2. #a49d16
  3. #a09a22
  4. #9c962d
  5. #989339
  6. #949045
  7. #908d51
  8. #8c8a5d
  9. #888668
  10. #848374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a19e7c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b29f1f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b59488 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac9c00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ae9f18 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0996c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a00a {
  color: #a8a00a;
}
Background
.bg-a8a00a {
  background-color: #a8a00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a00a {
  border: 2px solid #a8a00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 89% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a00a, #61a80a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.93 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.62 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.62 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.13 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.59 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.41 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.85 #575ff5 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Brass
#a8a00a  rgb(168, 160, 10)  hsl(57, 89%, 35%)  Brass
#0a12a8  rgb(10, 18, 168)  hsl(237, 89%, 35%)  Zaffre
#0aa8a0  rgb(10, 168, 160)  hsl(177, 89%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a00aa8  rgb(160, 10, 168)  hsl(297, 89%, 35%)  Dark Magenta