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#A8A63B

#a8a63b ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#a8a63b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 65.1% green and 23.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.19% magenta, 64.88% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 58.9°, 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 8.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.81.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3591

Complementary

  1. #a8a63b
  2. #3b3da8

Split complementary

  1. #a8a63b
  2. #3b73a8
  3. #703ba8

Analogous

  1. #a8703b
  2. #a8a63b
  3. #73a83b

Triadic

  1. #a8a63b
  2. #3ba8a6
  3. #a63ba8

Tetradic

  1. #a8a63b
  2. #3da83b
  3. #3b3da8
  4. #a63ba8

Square

  1. #a8a63b
  2. #3ba870
  3. #3b3da8
  4. #a83b73

Monochromatic

  1. #373613
  2. #6f6e27
  3. #a8a63b
  4. #c9c866
  5. #dddc9f

Shades

#a8a63b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8a63b
  2. #979535
  3. #86852f
  4. #767429
  5. #656423
  6. #54531e
  7. #434218
  8. #323212
  9. #22210c
  10. #111106
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8a63b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8a63b
  2. #b1af4f
  3. #b9b862
  4. #c2c176
  5. #cbca89
  6. #d4d39d
  7. #dcdbb1
  8. #e5e4c4
  9. #eeedd8
  10. #f6f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8a63b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8a63b
  2. #a4a242
  3. #a09e49
  4. #9c9b50
  5. #989757
  6. #94935e
  7. #908f64
  8. #8c8b6b
  9. #888872
  10. #848479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a385 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b39f2d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a342 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b49c90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afa233 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a43f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afa077 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8a63b {
  color: #a8a63b;
}
Background
.bg-a8a63b {
  background-color: #a8a63b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8a63b {
  border: 2px solid #a8a63b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8a63b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 166 59;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 48% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8a63b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8a63b, #73a83b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8a63b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 166 59 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.81 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.81 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.16 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.81 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.71 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.46 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.89 #5759c4 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#a8a63b  rgb(168, 166, 59)  hsl(59, 48%, 45%)  Brass
#3b3da8  rgb(59, 61, 168)  hsl(239, 48%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#3ba8a6  rgb(59, 168, 166)  hsl(179, 48%, 45%)  Verdigris
#a63ba8  rgb(166, 59, 168)  hsl(299, 48%, 45%)  Purpureus