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#AAA014

#aaa014 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aaa014 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 7.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 88.24% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 56°, with 78.95% saturation and 37.25% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.39.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999900
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Relative luminance0.3374

Complementary

  1. #aaa014
  2. #141eaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa014
  2. #1469aa
  3. #5514aa

Analogous

  1. #aa5514
  2. #aaa014
  3. #69aa14

Triadic

  1. #aaa014
  2. #14aaa0
  3. #a014aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa014
  2. #1eaa14
  3. #141eaa
  4. #a014aa

Square

  1. #aaa014
  2. #14aa55
  3. #141eaa
  4. #aa1469

Monochromatic

  1. #211f04
  2. #66600c
  3. #aaa014
  4. #e5d925
  5. #ede56a

Shades

#aaa014 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa014
  2. #999012
  3. #888010
  4. #77700e
  5. #66600c
  6. #55500a
  7. #444008
  8. #333006
  9. #222004
  10. #111002
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa014 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa014
  2. #b3aa2c
  3. #bbb343
  4. #c4bd5b
  5. #ccc672
  6. #d5d08a
  7. #ddd9a1
  8. #e6e3b9
  9. #eeecd0
  10. #f7f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa014 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa014
  2. #a69d1f
  3. #a29a2a
  4. #9d9634
  5. #99933f
  6. #95904a
  7. #918d55
  8. #8d8a60
  9. #88866a
  10. #848375
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 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 #b3a023 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b89488 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9c00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa01e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2996c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa014 {
  color: #aaa014;
}
Background
.bg-aaa014 {
  background-color: #aaa014;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa014 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa014;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa014;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 160 20;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 79% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa014 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa014, #69aa14);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa014 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 160 20 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.39 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.15 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.18 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.59 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.26 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.85 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.01 #555feb Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa014  rgb(170, 160, 20)  hsl(56, 79%, 37%)  Brass
#141eaa  rgb(20, 30, 170)  hsl(236, 79%, 37%)  Zaffre
#14aaa0  rgb(20, 170, 160)  hsl(176, 79%, 37%)  Light Sea Green
#a014aa  rgb(160, 20, 170)  hsl(296, 79%, 37%)  Dark Magenta