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#AAA337

#aaa337 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa337 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.92% green and 21.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.12% magenta, 67.65% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 56.35°, with 51.11% saturation and 44.12% 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 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.81.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3502

Complementary

  1. #aaa337
  2. #373eaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa337
  2. #3778aa
  3. #6a37aa

Analogous

  1. #aa6a37
  2. #aaa337
  3. #78aa37

Triadic

  1. #aaa337
  2. #37aaa3
  3. #a337aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa337
  2. #3eaa37
  3. #373eaa
  4. #a337aa

Square

  1. #aaa337
  2. #37aa6a
  3. #373eaa
  4. #aa3778

Monochromatic

  1. #363412
  2. #706c24
  3. #aaa337
  4. #ccc661
  5. #dfdb9b

Shades

#aaa337 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa337
  2. #999332
  3. #88822c
  4. #777227
  5. #666221
  6. #55521c
  7. #444116
  8. #333111
  9. #22210b
  10. #111006
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa337 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa337
  2. #b3ac4b
  3. #bbb55f
  4. #c4bf73
  5. #ccc887
  6. #d5d19b
  7. #dddaaf
  8. #e6e3c3
  9. #eeedd7
  10. #f7f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa337 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa337
  2. #a6a03e
  3. #a29c46
  4. #9d994d
  5. #999554
  6. #95925c
  7. #918e63
  8. #8d8b6a
  9. #888771
  10. #848479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a183 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19d28 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a23e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6988d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aea02f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a23b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29d74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa337 {
  color: #aaa337;
}
Background
.bg-aaa337 {
  background-color: #aaa337;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa337 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa337;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa337;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 163 55;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 51% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa337 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa337, #78aa37);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa337 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 163 55 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.81 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.55 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.71 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.20 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.90 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.06 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.19 #555cc8 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa337  rgb(170, 163, 55)  hsl(56, 51%, 44%)  Brass
#373eaa  rgb(55, 62, 170)  hsl(236, 51%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#37aaa3  rgb(55, 170, 163)  hsl(176, 51%, 44%)  Light Sea Green
#a337aa  rgb(163, 55, 170)  hsl(296, 51%, 44%)  Purpureus