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#aaa433 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa433 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.31% green and 20% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 70% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 56.97°, with 53.85% saturation and 43.33% 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 8.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.12.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3534

Complementary

  1. #aaa433
  2. #3339aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa433
  2. #3375aa
  3. #6833aa

Analogous

  1. #aa6833
  2. #aaa433
  3. #75aa33

Triadic

  1. #aaa433
  2. #33aaa4
  3. #a433aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa433
  2. #39aa33
  3. #3339aa
  4. #a433aa

Square

  1. #aaa433
  2. #33aa68
  3. #3339aa
  4. #aa3375

Monochromatic

  1. #343210
  2. #6f6b21
  3. #aaa433
  4. #cec85c
  5. #e0dc96

Shades

#aaa433 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa433
  2. #99942e
  3. #888329
  4. #777324
  5. #66621f
  6. #55521a
  7. #444214
  8. #33310f
  9. #22210a
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa433 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa433
  2. #b3ad47
  3. #bbb65c
  4. #c4bf70
  5. #ccc885
  6. #d5d299
  7. #dddbad
  8. #e6e4c2
  9. #eeedd6
  10. #f7f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa433 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa433
  2. #a6a03b
  3. #a29d42
  4. #9d994a
  5. #999652
  6. #95925a
  7. #918e61
  8. #8d8b69
  9. #888771
  10. #848478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a283 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29e21 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a33b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6998e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afa029 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a338 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29e74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa433 {
  color: #aaa433;
}
Background
.bg-aaa433 {
  background-color: #aaa433;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa433 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa433;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa433;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 51;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 54% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa433 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa433, #75aa33);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa433 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 51 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.12 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.70 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.90 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.11 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.97 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.62 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.50 #555bcc Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa433  rgb(170, 164, 51)  hsl(57, 54%, 43%)  Brass
#3339aa  rgb(51, 57, 170)  hsl(237, 54%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#33aaa4  rgb(51, 170, 164)  hsl(177, 54%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a433aa  rgb(164, 51, 170)  hsl(297, 54%, 43%)  Purpureus