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#A8AE07

#a8ae07 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#a8ae07 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 68.24% green and 2.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.45% cyan, 0% magenta, 95.98% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 62.16°, with 92.27% saturation and 35.49% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 7.11.

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Relative luminance0.3861

Complementary

  1. #a8ae07
  2. #0d07ae

Split complementary

  1. #a8ae07
  2. #0754ae
  3. #6107ae

Analogous

  1. #ae6107
  2. #a8ae07
  3. #54ae07

Triadic

  1. #a8ae07
  2. #07a8ae
  3. #ae07a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8ae07
  2. #07ae0d
  3. #0d07ae
  4. #ae07a8

Square

  1. #a8ae07
  2. #07ae61
  3. #0d07ae
  4. #ae0754

Monochromatic

  1. #1a1b01
  2. #616404
  3. #a8ae07
  4. #edf50c
  5. #f2f856

Shades

#a8ae07 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8ae07
  2. #979d06
  3. #868b06
  4. #767a05
  5. #656804
  6. #545704
  7. #434603
  8. #323402
  9. #222301
  10. #111101
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8ae07 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8ae07
  2. #b1b620
  3. #b9be39
  4. #c2c651
  5. #cbce6a
  6. #d4d783
  7. #dcdf9c
  8. #e5e7b5
  9. #eeefcd
  10. #f6f7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8ae07 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8ae07
  2. #a4a913
  3. #a0a51f
  4. #9ca02b
  5. #989c37
  6. #949744
  7. #909250
  8. #8c8e5c
  9. #888968
  10. #848574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7aa84 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bda922 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4a294 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5a900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5ab1a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0a775 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8ae07 {
  color: #a8ae07;
}
Background
.bg-a8ae07 {
  background-color: #a8ae07;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8ae07 {
  border: 2px solid #a8ae07;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8ae07;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 174 7;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 92% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8ae07 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8ae07, #54ae07);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8ae07 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 174 7 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.11 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 7.25 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.09 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.27 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.85 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 11.12 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 12.02 #5751f8 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Brass
#a8ae07  rgb(168, 174, 7)  hsl(62, 92%, 35%)  Brass
#0d07ae  rgb(13, 7, 174)  hsl(242, 92%, 35%)  Zaffre
#07a8ae  rgb(7, 168, 174)  hsl(182, 92%, 35%)  Verdigris
#ae07a8  rgb(174, 7, 168)  hsl(302, 92%, 35%)  Dark Magenta