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#A8A33B

#a8a33b ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#a8a33b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 63.92% green and 23.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.98% magenta, 64.88% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 57.25°, with 48.02% saturation and 44.51% 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 7.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.24.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3483

Complementary

  1. #a8a33b
  2. #3b40a8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a33b
  2. #3b76a8
  3. #6d3ba8

Analogous

  1. #a86d3b
  2. #a8a33b
  3. #76a83b

Triadic

  1. #a8a33b
  2. #3ba8a3
  3. #a33ba8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a33b
  2. #40a83b
  3. #3b40a8
  4. #a33ba8

Square

  1. #a8a33b
  2. #3ba86d
  3. #3b40a8
  4. #a83b76

Monochromatic

  1. #373513
  2. #6f6c27
  3. #a8a33b
  4. #c9c566
  5. #ddda9f

Shades

#a8a33b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a33b
  2. #979335
  3. #86822f
  4. #767229
  5. #656223
  6. #54521e
  7. #434118
  8. #323112
  9. #22210c
  10. #111006
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a33b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a33b
  2. #b1ac4f
  3. #b9b562
  4. #c2bf76
  5. #cbc889
  6. #d4d19d
  7. #dcdab1
  8. #e5e3c4
  9. #eeedd8
  10. #f6f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a33b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a33b
  2. #a4a042
  3. #a09c49
  4. #9c9950
  5. #989557
  6. #94925e
  7. #908e64
  8. #8c8b6b
  9. #888772
  10. #848479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a183 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09d2e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a141 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4998d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9f33 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa23f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #af9d75 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a33b {
  color: #a8a33b;
}
Background
.bg-a8a33b {
  background-color: #a8a33b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a33b {
  border: 2px solid #a8a33b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a33b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 163 59;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 48% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a33b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a33b, #76a83b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a33b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 163 59 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.24 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.77 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.46 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.76 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.43 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.53 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.72 #575cc4 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Brass
#a8a33b  rgb(168, 163, 59)  hsl(57, 48%, 45%)  Brass
#3b40a8  rgb(59, 64, 168)  hsl(237, 48%, 45%)  Ocean Blue
#3ba8a3  rgb(59, 168, 163)  hsl(177, 48%, 45%)  Verdigris
#a33ba8  rgb(163, 59, 168)  hsl(297, 48%, 45%)  Purpureus