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#AAA309

#aaa309 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aaa309 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.92% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.12% magenta, 94.71% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 57.39°, with 89.94% saturation and 35.1% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.9.

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Relative luminance0.3476

Complementary

  1. #aaa309
  2. #0910aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa309
  2. #0961aa
  3. #5309aa

Analogous

  1. #aa5309
  2. #aaa309
  3. #61aa09

Triadic

  1. #aaa309
  2. #09aaa3
  3. #a309aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa309
  2. #10aa09
  3. #0910aa
  4. #a309aa

Square

  1. #aaa309
  2. #09aa53
  3. #0910aa
  4. #aa0961

Monochromatic

  1. #191801
  2. #615d05
  3. #aaa309
  4. #f2e80d
  5. #f6ef56

Shades

#aaa309 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa309
  2. #999308
  3. #888207
  4. #777206
  5. #666205
  6. #555205
  7. #444104
  8. #333103
  9. #222102
  10. #111001
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa309 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa309
  2. #b3ac22
  3. #bbb53a
  4. #c4bf53
  5. #ccc86b
  6. #d5d184
  7. #ddda9d
  8. #e6e3b5
  9. #eeedce
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa309 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa309
  2. #a6a015
  3. #a29c21
  4. #9d992d
  5. #999539
  6. #959245
  7. #918e50
  8. #8d8b5c
  9. #888768
  10. #848474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a17e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a21f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7978a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af9f00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a218 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29c6e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa309 {
  color: #aaa309;
}
Background
.bg-aaa309 {
  background-color: #aaa309;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa309 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa309;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa309;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 163 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 90% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa309 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa309, #61aa09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa309 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 163 9 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.90 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.14 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.28 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.92 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.24 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.89 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.65 #555cf6 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa309  rgb(170, 163, 9)  hsl(57, 90%, 35%)  Brass
#0910aa  rgb(9, 16, 170)  hsl(237, 90%, 35%)  Zaffre
#09aaa3  rgb(9, 170, 163)  hsl(177, 90%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a309aa  rgb(163, 9, 170)  hsl(297, 90%, 35%)  Dark Magenta