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#AAA151

#aaa151 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa151 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 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.29% magenta, 52.35% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 53.93°, with 35.46% saturation and 49.22% 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 7.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.85.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.3463

Complementary

  1. #aaa151
  2. #515aaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa151
  2. #5187aa
  3. #7551aa

Analogous

  1. #aa7551
  2. #aaa151
  3. #87aa51

Triadic

  1. #aaa151
  2. #51aaa1
  3. #a151aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa151
  2. #5aaa51
  3. #515aaa
  4. #a151aa

Square

  1. #aaa151
  2. #51aa75
  3. #515aaa
  4. #aa5187

Monochromatic

  1. #423f20
  2. #767038
  3. #aaa151
  4. #c4be83
  5. #ddd9b7

Shades

#aaa151 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa151
  2. #999149
  3. #888141
  4. #777139
  5. #666131
  6. #555129
  7. #444020
  8. #333018
  9. #222010
  10. #111008
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa151 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa151
  2. #b3aa62
  3. #bbb474
  4. #c4bd85
  5. #ccc797
  6. #d5d0a8
  7. #ddd9b9
  8. #e6e3cb
  9. #eeecdc
  10. #f7f6ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa151 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa151
  2. #a69e56
  3. #a29a5a
  4. #9d975f
  5. #999464
  6. #959169
  7. #918d6d
  8. #8d8a72
  9. #888777
  10. #84837b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a087 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ad9c4a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0a155 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5988f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac9e4d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aea153 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b19b7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa151 {
  color: #aaa151;
}
Background
.bg-aaa151 {
  background-color: #aaa151;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa151 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa151;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa151;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 161 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 35% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa151 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa151, #87aa51);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa151 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 161 81 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.85 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.36 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.39 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.77 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.13 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.62 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.00 #555eae Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa151  rgb(170, 161, 81)  hsl(54, 35%, 49%)  Brass
#515aaa  rgb(81, 90, 170)  hsl(234, 35%, 49%)  Iris
#51aaa1  rgb(81, 170, 161)  hsl(174, 35%, 49%)  Verdigris
#a151aa  rgb(161, 81, 170)  hsl(294, 35%, 49%)  Purpureus