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#A8A030

#a8a030 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#a8a030 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 62.75% green and 18.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.76% magenta, 71.43% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 56°, with 55.56% saturation and 42.35% 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 7.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.28.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3368

Complementary

  1. #a8a030
  2. #3038a8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a030
  2. #3074a8
  3. #6430a8

Analogous

  1. #a86430
  2. #a8a030
  3. #74a830

Triadic

  1. #a8a030
  2. #30a8a0
  3. #a030a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a030
  2. #38a830
  3. #3038a8
  4. #a030a8

Square

  1. #a8a030
  2. #30a864
  3. #3038a8
  4. #a83074

Monochromatic

  1. #312f0e
  2. #6c671f
  3. #a8a030
  4. #cfc756
  5. #e0da91

Shades

#a8a030 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a030
  2. #97902b
  3. #868026
  4. #767022
  5. #65601d
  6. #545018
  7. #434013
  8. #32300e
  9. #22200a
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a030 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a030
  2. #b1aa45
  3. #b9b359
  4. #c2bd6e
  5. #cbc683
  6. #d4d098
  7. #dcd9ac
  8. #e5e3c1
  9. #eeecd6
  10. #f6f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a030 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a030
  2. #a49d38
  3. #a09a40
  4. #9c9648
  5. #989350
  6. #949058
  7. #908d60
  8. #8c8a68
  9. #888670
  10. #848378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a19e7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9a1e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b19f38 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5958a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac9d26 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ad9f35 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b09a71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a030 {
  color: #a8a030;
}
Background
.bg-a8a030 {
  background-color: #a8a030;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a030 {
  border: 2px solid #a8a030;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a030;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 160 48;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 56% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a030 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a030, #74a830);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a030 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 160 48 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.28 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.30 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.61 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.70 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.08 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.46 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.50 #575fcf Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Brass
#a8a030  rgb(168, 160, 48)  hsl(56, 56%, 42%)  Brass
#3038a8  rgb(48, 56, 168)  hsl(236, 56%, 42%)  Egyptian Blue
#30a8a0  rgb(48, 168, 160)  hsl(176, 56%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a030a8  rgb(160, 48, 168)  hsl(296, 56%, 42%)  Purpureus