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#AAA201

#aaa201 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aaa201 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.53% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 99.41% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 57.16°, with 98.83% saturation and 33.53% 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 corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.04.

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Relative luminance0.3439

Complementary

  1. #aaa201
  2. #0109aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa201
  2. #015eaa
  3. #4e01aa

Analogous

  1. #aa4e01
  2. #aaa201
  3. #5eaa01

Triadic

  1. #aaa201
  2. #01aaa2
  3. #a201aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa201
  2. #09aa01
  3. #0109aa
  4. #a201aa

Square

  1. #aaa201
  2. #01aa4e
  3. #0109aa
  4. #aa015e

Monochromatic

  1. #141300
  2. #5e5a01
  3. #aaa201
  4. #f6ea01
  5. #fef546

Shades

#aaa201 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa201
  2. #999201
  3. #888201
  4. #777101
  5. #666101
  6. #555101
  7. #444100
  8. #333100
  9. #222000
  10. #111000
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa201 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa201
  2. #b3ab1a
  3. #bbb534
  4. #c4be4d
  5. #ccc767
  6. #d5d180
  7. #ddda99
  8. #e6e3b3
  9. #eeeccc
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa201 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa201
  2. #a69f0e
  3. #a29b1a
  4. #9d9827
  5. #999434
  6. #959141
  7. #918e4d
  8. #8d8a5a
  9. #888767
  10. #848373
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a07d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a11b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b89689 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae9e00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a114 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29b6c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa201 {
  color: #aaa201;
}
Background
.bg-aaa201 {
  background-color: #aaa201;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa201 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa201;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa201;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 162 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 99% 34%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa201 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa201, #5eaa01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa201 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 162 1 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.04 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.21 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.48 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.86 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.56 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.26 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.51 #555dfe Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa201  rgb(170, 162, 1)  hsl(57, 99%, 34%)  Brass
#0109aa  rgb(1, 9, 170)  hsl(237, 99%, 34%)  Zaffre
#01aaa2  rgb(1, 170, 162)  hsl(177, 99%, 34%)  Light Sea Green
#a201aa  rgb(162, 1, 170)  hsl(297, 99%, 34%)  Dark Magenta