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#AAA403

#aaa403 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aaa403 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.31% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 98.24% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 57.84°, with 96.53% saturation and 33.92% 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 8.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.14.

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Web safe#999900
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Relative luminance0.351

Complementary

  1. #aaa403
  2. #0309aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa403
  2. #035daa
  3. #5003aa

Analogous

  1. #aa5003
  2. #aaa403
  3. #5daa03

Triadic

  1. #aaa403
  2. #03aaa4
  3. #a403aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa403
  2. #09aa03
  3. #0309aa
  4. #a403aa

Square

  1. #aaa403
  2. #03aa50
  3. #0309aa
  4. #aa035d

Monochromatic

  1. #141300
  2. #5f5b02
  3. #aaa403
  4. #f5ec04
  5. #fcf54a

Shades

#aaa403 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa403
  2. #999403
  3. #888302
  4. #777302
  5. #666202
  6. #555202
  7. #444201
  8. #333101
  9. #222101
  10. #111000
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa403 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa403
  2. #b3ad1c
  3. #bbb635
  4. #c4bf4f
  5. #ccc868
  6. #d5d281
  7. #dddb9a
  8. #e6e4b3
  9. #eeedcd
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa403 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa403
  2. #a6a010
  3. #a29d1c
  4. #9d9929
  5. #999635
  6. #959242
  7. #918e4e
  8. #8d8b5b
  9. #888767
  10. #848474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a27f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b39d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a21d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7988b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a315 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29d6e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa403 {
  color: #aaa403;
}
Background
.bg-aaa403 {
  background-color: #aaa403;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa403 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa403;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa403;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 97% 34%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa403 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa403, #5daa03);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa403 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 3 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.14 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.17 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.38 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.05 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.29 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.60 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.89 #555bfc Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa403  rgb(170, 164, 3)  hsl(58, 97%, 34%)  Brass
#0309aa  rgb(3, 9, 170)  hsl(238, 97%, 34%)  Zaffre
#03aaa4  rgb(3, 170, 164)  hsl(178, 97%, 34%)  Light Sea Green
#a403aa  rgb(164, 3, 170)  hsl(298, 97%, 34%)  Dark Magenta