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#AAA03E

#aaa03e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa03e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 62.75% green and 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 63.53% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 54.44°, with 46.55% saturation and 45.49% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.54.

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Relative luminance0.3404

Complementary

  1. #aaa03e
  2. #3e48aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa03e
  2. #3e7eaa
  3. #6a3eaa

Analogous

  1. #aa6a3e
  2. #aaa03e
  3. #7eaa3e

Triadic

  1. #aaa03e
  2. #3eaaa0
  3. #a03eaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa03e
  2. #48aa3e
  3. #3e48aa
  4. #a03eaa

Square

  1. #aaa03e
  2. #3eaa6a
  3. #3e48aa
  4. #aa3e7e

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3615
  2. #726b2a
  3. #aaa03e
  4. #c9c06b
  5. #ded8a3

Shades

#aaa03e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa03e
  2. #999038
  3. #888032
  4. #77702b
  5. #666025
  6. #55501f
  7. #444019
  8. #333013
  9. #22200c
  10. #111006
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa03e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa03e
  2. #b3aa51
  3. #bbb365
  4. #c4bd78
  5. #ccc68b
  6. #d5d09f
  7. #ddd9b2
  8. #e6e3c5
  9. #eeecd8
  10. #f7f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa03e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa03e
  2. #a69d45
  3. #a29a4b
  4. #9d9652
  5. #999358
  6. #95905f
  7. #918d66
  8. #8d8a6c
  9. #888673
  10. #848379
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39f82 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9b32 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1a044 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6968b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac9d37 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aea041 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b19a74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa03e {
  color: #aaa03e;
}
Background
.bg-aaa03e {
  background-color: #aaa03e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa03e {
  border: 2px solid #aaa03e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa03e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 160 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 47% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa03e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa03e, #7eaa3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa03e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 160 62 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.54 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.50 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.68 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.54 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.79 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.73 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.89 #555fc1 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa03e  rgb(170, 160, 62)  hsl(54, 47%, 45%)  Brass
#3e48aa  rgb(62, 72, 170)  hsl(234, 47%, 45%)  Ocean Blue
#3eaaa0  rgb(62, 170, 160)  hsl(174, 47%, 45%)  Light Sea Green
#a03eaa  rgb(160, 62, 170)  hsl(294, 47%, 45%)  Purpureus