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#AAA232

#aaa232 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa232 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.53% green and 19.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 70.59% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 56°, with 54.55% saturation and 43.14% 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 7.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.9.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3462

Complementary

  1. #aaa232
  2. #323aaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa232
  2. #3276aa
  3. #6632aa

Analogous

  1. #aa6632
  2. #aaa232
  3. #76aa32

Triadic

  1. #aaa232
  2. #32aaa2
  3. #a232aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa232
  2. #3aaa32
  3. #323aaa
  4. #a232aa

Square

  1. #aaa232
  2. #32aa66
  3. #323aaa
  4. #aa3276

Monochromatic

  1. #34310f
  2. #6f6a21
  3. #aaa232
  4. #cec75a
  5. #e0db95

Shades

#aaa232 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa232
  2. #99922d
  3. #888228
  4. #777123
  5. #66611e
  6. #555119
  7. #444114
  8. #33310f
  9. #22200a
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa232 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa232
  2. #b3ab47
  3. #bbb55b
  4. #c4be70
  5. #ccc784
  6. #d5d199
  7. #dddaad
  8. #e6e3c2
  9. #eeecd6
  10. #f7f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa232 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa232
  2. #a69f3a
  3. #a29b42
  4. #9d9849
  5. #999451
  6. #959159
  7. #918e61
  8. #8d8a69
  9. #888770
  10. #848378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3a081 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09c20 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a13a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7978c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae9f28 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a137 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29c72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa232 {
  color: #aaa232;
}
Background
.bg-aaa232 {
  background-color: #aaa232;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa232 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa232;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa232;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 162 50;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 55% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa232 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa232, #76aa32);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa232 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 162 50 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.90 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.80 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.13 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.23 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.74 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.29 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.62 #555dcd Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa232  rgb(170, 162, 50)  hsl(56, 55%, 43%)  Brass
#323aaa  rgb(50, 58, 170)  hsl(236, 55%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#32aaa2  rgb(50, 170, 162)  hsl(176, 55%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a232aa  rgb(162, 50, 170)  hsl(296, 55%, 43%)  Purpureus