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#A8A032

#a8a032 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#a8a032 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 19.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.76% magenta, 70.24% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 55.93°, with 54.13% saturation and 42.75% 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 3.2.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.337

Complementary

  1. #a8a032
  2. #323aa8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a032
  2. #3275a8
  3. #6532a8

Analogous

  1. #a86532
  2. #a8a032
  3. #75a832

Triadic

  1. #a8a032
  2. #32a8a0
  3. #a032a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a032
  2. #3aa832
  3. #323aa8
  4. #a032a8

Square

  1. #a8a032
  2. #32a865
  3. #323aa8
  4. #a83275

Monochromatic

  1. #32300f
  2. #6d6820
  3. #a8a032
  4. #cec659
  5. #dfda94

Shades

#a8a032 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a032
  2. #97902d
  3. #868028
  4. #767023
  5. #65601e
  6. #545019
  7. #434014
  8. #32300f
  9. #22200a
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a032 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a032
  2. #b1aa47
  3. #b9b35b
  4. #c2bd70
  5. #cbc684
  6. #d4d099
  7. #dcd9ad
  8. #e5e3c2
  9. #eeecd6
  10. #f6f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a032 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a032
  2. #a49d3a
  3. #a09a42
  4. #9c9649
  5. #989351
  6. #949059
  7. #908d61
  8. #8c8a69
  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 #a19e80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9a21 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b19f39 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4958a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac9d29 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ada037 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b09a71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a032 {
  color: #a8a032;
}
Background
.bg-a8a032 {
  background-color: #a8a032;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a032 {
  border: 2px solid #a8a032;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a032;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 160 50;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 54% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a032 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a032, #75a832);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a032 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 160 50 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.20 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.22 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.56 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.64 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.10 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.30 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.53 #575fcd Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Brass
#a8a032  rgb(168, 160, 50)  hsl(56, 54%, 43%)  Brass
#323aa8  rgb(50, 58, 168)  hsl(236, 54%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#32a8a0  rgb(50, 168, 160)  hsl(176, 54%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a032a8  rgb(160, 50, 168)  hsl(296, 54%, 43%)  Purpureus