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#AAA136

#aaa136 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa136 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.14% green and 21.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.29% magenta, 68.24% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 55.34°, with 51.79% saturation and 43.92% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.66.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.343

Complementary

  1. #aaa136
  2. #363faa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa136
  2. #3679aa
  3. #6736aa

Analogous

  1. #aa6736
  2. #aaa136
  3. #79aa36

Triadic

  1. #aaa136
  2. #36aaa1
  3. #a136aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa136
  2. #3faa36
  3. #363faa
  4. #a136aa

Square

  1. #aaa136
  2. #36aa67
  3. #363faa
  4. #aa3679

Monochromatic

  1. #363311
  2. #706a24
  3. #aaa136
  4. #ccc460
  5. #dfda9a

Shades

#aaa136 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa136
  2. #999131
  3. #88812b
  4. #777126
  5. #666120
  6. #55511b
  7. #444016
  8. #333010
  9. #22200b
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa136 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa136
  2. #b3aa4a
  3. #bbb45e
  4. #c4bd72
  5. #ccc786
  6. #d5d09b
  7. #ddd9af
  8. #e6e3c3
  9. #eeecd7
  10. #f7f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa136 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa136
  2. #a69e3d
  3. #a29a45
  4. #9d974c
  5. #999454
  6. #95915b
  7. #918d62
  8. #8d8a6a
  9. #888771
  10. #848379
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39f81 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9b27 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a13d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7968b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9e2e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa13a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29b73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa136 {
  color: #aaa136;
}
Background
.bg-aaa136 {
  background-color: #aaa136;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa136 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa136;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa136;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 161 54;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 52% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa136 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa136, #79aa36);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa136 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 161 54 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.66 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.69 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.08 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.24 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.70 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.34 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.72 #555ec9 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa136  rgb(170, 161, 54)  hsl(55, 52%, 44%)  Brass
#363faa  rgb(54, 63, 170)  hsl(235, 52%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#36aaa1  rgb(54, 170, 161)  hsl(175, 52%, 44%)  Light Sea Green
#a136aa  rgb(161, 54, 170)  hsl(295, 52%, 44%)  Purpureus