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#A8A12E

#a8a12e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#a8a12e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 63.14% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.17% magenta, 72.62% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 56.56°, with 57.01% saturation and 41.96% 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.43.

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Relative luminance0.3401

Complementary

  1. #a8a12e
  2. #2e35a8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a12e
  2. #2e72a8
  3. #642ea8

Analogous

  1. #a8642e
  2. #a8a12e
  3. #72a82e

Triadic

  1. #a8a12e
  2. #2ea8a1
  3. #a12ea8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a12e
  2. #35a82e
  3. #2e35a8
  4. #a12ea8

Square

  1. #a8a12e
  2. #2ea864
  3. #2e35a8
  4. #a82e72

Monochromatic

  1. #302e0d
  2. #6c671e
  3. #a8a12e
  4. #d0c953
  5. #e0dc8f

Shades

#a8a12e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a12e
  2. #979129
  3. #868125
  4. #767120
  5. #65611c
  6. #545117
  7. #434012
  8. #32300e
  9. #222009
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a12e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a12e
  2. #b1aa43
  3. #b9b458
  4. #c2bd6d
  5. #cbc782
  6. #d4d097
  7. #dcd9ab
  8. #e5e3c0
  9. #eeecd5
  10. #f6f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a12e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a12e
  2. #a49e36
  3. #a09a3e
  4. #9c9747
  5. #98944f
  6. #949157
  7. #908d5f
  8. #8c8a67
  9. #888770
  10. #848378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29f80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9b1a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a036 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5968b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac9d23 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aea033 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b09b71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a12e {
  color: #a8a12e;
}
Background
.bg-a8a12e {
  background-color: #a8a12e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a12e {
  border: 2px solid #a8a12e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a12e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 161 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 57% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a12e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a12e, #72a82e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a12e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 161 46 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.43 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.33 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.54 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.69 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.15 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.10 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.58 #575ed1 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#a8a12e  rgb(168, 161, 46)  hsl(57, 57%, 42%)  Brass
#2e35a8  rgb(46, 53, 168)  hsl(237, 57%, 42%)  Egyptian Blue
#2ea8a1  rgb(46, 168, 161)  hsl(177, 57%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a12ea8  rgb(161, 46, 168)  hsl(297, 57%, 42%)  Purpureus