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#AAA148

#aaa148 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa148 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 28.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.29% magenta, 57.65% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 54.49°, with 40.5% saturation and 47.45% 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 7.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.95.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.345

Complementary

  1. #aaa148
  2. #4851aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa148
  2. #4882aa
  3. #7048aa

Analogous

  1. #aa7048
  2. #aaa148
  3. #82aa48

Triadic

  1. #aaa148
  2. #48aaa1
  3. #a148aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa148
  2. #51aa48
  3. #4851aa
  4. #a148aa

Square

  1. #aaa148
  2. #48aa70
  3. #4851aa
  4. #aa4882

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3b1a
  2. #746e31
  3. #aaa148
  4. #c6bf78
  5. #ddd9ae

Shades

#aaa148 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa148
  2. #999141
  3. #88813a
  4. #777132
  5. #66612b
  6. #555124
  7. #44401d
  8. #333016
  9. #22200e
  10. #111007
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa148 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa148
  2. #b3aa5a
  3. #bbb46d
  4. #c4bd7f
  5. #ccc791
  6. #d5d0a4
  7. #ddd9b6
  8. #e6e3c8
  9. #eeecda
  10. #f7f6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa148 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa148
  2. #a69e4e
  3. #a29a53
  4. #9d9759
  5. #99945e
  6. #959164
  7. #918d6a
  8. #8d8a6f
  9. #888775
  10. #84837a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a085 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9c3f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1a14d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6978d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac9e43 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aea14b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b19b78 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa148 {
  color: #aaa148;
}
Background
.bg-aaa148 {
  background-color: #aaa148;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa148 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa148;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa148;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 161 72;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 41% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa148 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa148, #82aa48);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa148 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 161 72 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.95 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.25 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.80 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.97 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.82 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.83 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.22 #555eb7 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa148  rgb(170, 161, 72)  hsl(54, 41%, 47%)  Brass
#4851aa  rgb(72, 81, 170)  hsl(234, 41%, 47%)  Ocean Blue
#48aaa1  rgb(72, 170, 161)  hsl(174, 41%, 47%)  Verdigris
#a148aa  rgb(161, 72, 170)  hsl(294, 41%, 47%)  Purpureus