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#AAA520

#aaa520 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aaa520 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.71% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.94% magenta, 81.18% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 57.83°, with 68.32% saturation and 39.61% 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 8.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.26.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3556

Complementary

  1. #aaa520
  2. #2025aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa520
  2. #206aaa
  3. #6020aa

Analogous

  1. #aa6020
  2. #aaa520
  3. #6aaa20

Triadic

  1. #aaa520
  2. #20aaa5
  3. #a520aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa520
  2. #25aa20
  3. #2025aa
  4. #a520aa

Square

  1. #aaa520
  2. #20aa60
  3. #2025aa
  4. #aa206a

Monochromatic

  1. #292808
  2. #6a6714
  3. #aaa520
  4. #dad53c
  5. #e6e37d

Shades

#aaa520 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa520
  2. #99951d
  3. #88841a
  4. #777416
  5. #666313
  6. #555310
  7. #44420d
  8. #33320a
  9. #222106
  10. #111103
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa520 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa520
  2. #b3ae36
  3. #bbb74d
  4. #c4c063
  5. #ccc979
  6. #d5d290
  7. #dddba6
  8. #e6e4bc
  9. #eeedd2
  10. #f7f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa520 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa520
  2. #a6a12a
  3. #a29e33
  4. #9d9a3d
  5. #999646
  6. #959350
  7. #918f5a
  8. #8d8b63
  9. #88876d
  10. #848476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a381 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49e00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a32c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b79a8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a10a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a428 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29e71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa520 {
  color: #aaa520;
}
Background
.bg-aaa520 {
  background-color: #aaa520;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa520 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa520;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa520;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 165 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 68% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa520 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa520, #6aaa20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa520 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 165 32 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.26 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.55 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.03 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.10 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.05 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.15 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.85 #555adf Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa520  rgb(170, 165, 32)  hsl(58, 68%, 40%)  Brass
#2025aa  rgb(32, 37, 170)  hsl(238, 68%, 40%)  Zaffre
#20aaa5  rgb(32, 170, 165)  hsl(178, 68%, 40%)  Light Sea Green
#a520aa  rgb(165, 32, 170)  hsl(298, 68%, 40%)  Dark Orchid