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#AAA00A

#aaa00a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aaa00a 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 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 94.12% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 56.25°, with 88.89% saturation and 35.29% 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 7.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.73.

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Relative luminance0.3371

Complementary

  1. #aaa00a
  2. #0a14aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa00a
  2. #0a64aa
  3. #500aaa

Analogous

  1. #aa500a
  2. #aaa00a
  3. #64aa0a

Triadic

  1. #aaa00a
  2. #0aaaa0
  3. #a00aaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa00a
  2. #14aa0a
  3. #0a14aa
  4. #a00aaa

Square

  1. #aaa00a
  2. #0aaa50
  3. #0a14aa
  4. #aa0a64

Monochromatic

  1. #191801
  2. #625c06
  3. #aaa00a
  4. #f1e310
  5. #f5eb58

Shades

#aaa00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa00a
  2. #999009
  3. #888008
  4. #777007
  5. #666006
  6. #555005
  7. #444004
  8. #333003
  9. #222002
  10. #111001
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa00a
  2. #b3aa23
  3. #bbb33b
  4. #c4bd54
  5. #ccc66c
  6. #d5d085
  7. #ddd99d
  8. #e6e3b6
  9. #eeecce
  10. #f7f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa00a
  2. #a69d16
  3. #a29a22
  4. #9d962d
  5. #999339
  6. #959045
  7. #918d51
  8. #8d8a5d
  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 #a29e7d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a01e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b89488 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9c00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa018 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2996c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa00a {
  color: #aaa00a;
}
Background
.bg-aaa00a {
  background-color: #aaa00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa00a {
  border: 2px solid #aaa00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 89% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa00a, #64aa0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.73 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.24 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.40 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.65 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.59 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.89 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.08 #555ff5 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa00a  rgb(170, 160, 10)  hsl(56, 89%, 35%)  Brass
#0a14aa  rgb(10, 20, 170)  hsl(236, 89%, 35%)  Zaffre
#0aaaa0  rgb(10, 170, 160)  hsl(176, 89%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a00aaa  rgb(160, 10, 170)  hsl(296, 89%, 35%)  Dark Magenta