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#A8A016

#a8a016 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#a8a016 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 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.76% magenta, 86.9% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 56.71°, with 76.84% 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 7.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.54.

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Relative luminance0.3352

Complementary

  1. #a8a016
  2. #161ea8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a016
  2. #1667a8
  3. #5716a8

Analogous

  1. #a85716
  2. #a8a016
  3. #67a816

Triadic

  1. #a8a016
  2. #16a8a0
  3. #a016a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a016
  2. #1ea816
  3. #161ea8
  4. #a016a8

Square

  1. #a8a016
  2. #16a857
  3. #161ea8
  4. #a81667

Monochromatic

  1. #211f04
  2. #64600d
  3. #a8a016
  4. #e3d928
  5. #ece56b

Shades

#a8a016 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a016
  2. #979014
  3. #868012
  4. #76700f
  5. #65600d
  6. #54500b
  7. #434009
  8. #323007
  9. #222004
  10. #111002
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a016 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a016
  2. #b1aa2d
  3. #b9b345
  4. #c2bd5c
  5. #cbc673
  6. #d4d08b
  7. #dcd9a2
  8. #e5e3b9
  9. #eeecd0
  10. #f6f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a016 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a016
  2. #a49d21
  3. #a09a2b
  4. #9c9636
  5. #989340
  6. #94904b
  7. #908d56
  8. #8c8a60
  9. #88866b
  10. #848375
  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 #a19e7d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b29f25 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b59488 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac9c00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ae9f20 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0996d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a016 {
  color: #a8a016;
}
Background
.bg-a8a016 {
  background-color: #a8a016;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a016 {
  border: 2px solid #a8a016;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a016;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 160 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 77% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a016 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a016, #67a816);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a016 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 160 22 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.54 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.32 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.56 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.08 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.19 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.37 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.76 #575fe9 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Brass
#a8a016  rgb(168, 160, 22)  hsl(57, 77%, 37%)  Brass
#161ea8  rgb(22, 30, 168)  hsl(237, 77%, 37%)  Zaffre
#16a8a0  rgb(22, 168, 160)  hsl(177, 77%, 37%)  Light Sea Green
#a016a8  rgb(160, 22, 168)  hsl(297, 77%, 37%)  Dark Magenta