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#A9A42E

#a9a42e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#a9a42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 64.31% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.96% magenta, 72.78% yellow and 33.73% black. Its hue angle is 57.56°, with 57.21% saturation and 42.16% 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 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.58.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3518

Complementary

  1. #a9a42e
  2. #2e33a9

Split complementary

  1. #a9a42e
  2. #2e71a9
  3. #672ea9

Analogous

  1. #a9672e
  2. #a9a42e
  3. #71a92e

Triadic

  1. #a9a42e
  2. #2ea9a4
  3. #a42ea9

Tetradic

  1. #a9a42e
  2. #33a92e
  3. #2e33a9
  4. #a42ea9

Square

  1. #a9a42e
  2. #2ea967
  3. #2e33a9
  4. #a92e71

Monochromatic

  1. #312f0d
  2. #6d6a1e
  3. #a9a42e
  4. #d0cb53
  5. #e1dd8f

Shades

#a9a42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a9a42e
  2. #989429
  3. #878325
  4. #767320
  5. #65621c
  6. #555217
  7. #444212
  8. #33310e
  9. #222109
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#a9a42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a9a42e
  2. #b2ad43
  3. #bab658
  4. #c3bf6d
  5. #cbc882
  6. #d4d297
  7. #dddbab
  8. #e5e4c0
  9. #eeedd5
  10. #f6f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a9a42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a9a42e
  2. #a5a036
  3. #a19d3e
  4. #9d9947
  5. #99964f
  6. #959257
  7. #908e5f
  8. #8c8b67
  9. #888770
  10. #848478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a282 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29e18 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a237 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5998d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afa023 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a333 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b19e73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a9a42e {
  color: #a9a42e;
}
Background
.bg-a9a42e {
  background-color: #a9a42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a9a42e {
  border: 2px solid #a9a42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a9a42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 164 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 57% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a9a42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a9a42e, #71a92e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a9a42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 164 46 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.58 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.10 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.28 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.30 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.20 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.30 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.72 #565bd1 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#a9a42e  rgb(169, 164, 46)  hsl(58, 57%, 42%)  Brass
#2e33a9  rgb(46, 51, 169)  hsl(238, 57%, 42%)  Egyptian Blue
#2ea9a4  rgb(46, 169, 164)  hsl(178, 57%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a42ea9  rgb(164, 46, 169)  hsl(298, 57%, 42%)  Purpureus