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#AAA217

#aaa217 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aaa217 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 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 86.47% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 56.73°, with 76.17% saturation and 37.84% 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 7.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.34.

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Web safe#999900
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Relative luminance0.3445

Complementary

  1. #aaa217
  2. #171faa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa217
  2. #1769aa
  3. #5817aa

Analogous

  1. #aa5817
  2. #aaa217
  3. #69aa17

Triadic

  1. #aaa217
  2. #17aaa2
  3. #a217aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa217
  2. #1faa17
  3. #171faa
  4. #a217aa

Square

  1. #aaa217
  2. #17aa58
  3. #171faa
  4. #aa1769

Monochromatic

  1. #232205
  2. #67620e
  3. #aaa217
  4. #e2d82b
  5. #ebe56f

Shades

#aaa217 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa217
  2. #999215
  3. #888212
  4. #777110
  5. #66610e
  6. #55510c
  7. #444109
  8. #333107
  9. #222005
  10. #111002
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa217 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa217
  2. #b3ab2e
  3. #bbb545
  4. #c4be5d
  5. #ccc774
  6. #d5d18b
  7. #dddaa2
  8. #e6e3b9
  9. #eeecd1
  10. #f7f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa217 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa217
  2. #a69f22
  3. #a29b2c
  4. #9d9837
  5. #999441
  6. #95914c
  7. #918e56
  8. #8d8a61
  9. #88876b
  10. #848376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a07e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a126 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7968a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae9e00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a121 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29b6e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa217 {
  color: #aaa217;
}
Background
.bg-aaa217 {
  background-color: #aaa217;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa217 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa217;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa217;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 162 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 76% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa217 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa217, #69aa17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa217 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 162 23 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.34 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.94 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.08 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.75 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.88 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.16 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.36 #555de8 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa217  rgb(170, 162, 23)  hsl(57, 76%, 38%)  Brass
#171faa  rgb(23, 31, 170)  hsl(237, 76%, 38%)  Zaffre
#17aaa2  rgb(23, 170, 162)  hsl(177, 76%, 38%)  Light Sea Green
#a217aa  rgb(162, 23, 170)  hsl(297, 76%, 38%)  Dark Magenta