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#AAA007

#aaa007 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aaa007 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 62.75% green and 2.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 95.88% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 56.32°, with 92.09% saturation and 34.71% 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 corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.82.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999900
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Relative luminance0.337

Complementary

  1. #aaa007
  2. #0711aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa007
  2. #0763aa
  3. #4f07aa

Analogous

  1. #aa4f07
  2. #aaa007
  3. #63aa07

Triadic

  1. #aaa007
  2. #07aaa0
  3. #a007aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa007
  2. #11aa07
  3. #0711aa
  4. #a007aa

Square

  1. #aaa007
  2. #07aa4f
  3. #0711aa
  4. #aa0763

Monochromatic

  1. #171601
  2. #615b04
  3. #aaa007
  4. #f3e50a
  5. #f8ee52

Shades

#aaa007 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa007
  2. #999006
  3. #888006
  4. #777005
  5. #666004
  6. #555004
  7. #444003
  8. #333002
  9. #222001
  10. #111001
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa007 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa007
  2. #b3aa20
  3. #bbb339
  4. #c4bd51
  5. #ccc66a
  6. #d5d083
  7. #ddd99c
  8. #e6e3b5
  9. #eeeccd
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa007 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa007
  2. #a69d13
  3. #a29a1f
  4. #9d962b
  5. #999337
  6. #959044
  7. #918d50
  8. #8d8a5c
  9. #888668
  10. #848374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29e7c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b39f1d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b89488 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9c00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa016 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2996b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa007 {
  color: #aaa007;
}
Background
.bg-aaa007 {
  background-color: #aaa007;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa007 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa007;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa007;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 160 7;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 92% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa007 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa007, #63aa07);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa007 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 160 7 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.82 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.26 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.47 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.66 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.66 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.90 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.10 #555ff8 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa007  rgb(170, 160, 7)  hsl(56, 92%, 35%)  Brass
#0711aa  rgb(7, 17, 170)  hsl(236, 92%, 35%)  Zaffre
#07aaa0  rgb(7, 170, 160)  hsl(176, 92%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a007aa  rgb(160, 7, 170)  hsl(296, 92%, 35%)  Dark Magenta