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#AAA554

#aaa554 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa554 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.71% green and 32.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.94% magenta, 50.59% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 56.51°, with 33.86% saturation and 49.8% 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 8.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.25.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.361

Complementary

  1. #aaa554
  2. #5459aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa554
  2. #5484aa
  3. #7a54aa

Analogous

  1. #aa7a54
  2. #aaa554
  3. #84aa54

Triadic

  1. #aaa554
  2. #54aaa5
  3. #a554aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa554
  2. #59aa54
  3. #5459aa
  4. #a554aa

Square

  1. #aaa554
  2. #54aa7a
  3. #5459aa
  4. #aa5484

Monochromatic

  1. #444221
  2. #77733b
  3. #aaa554
  4. #c4c087
  5. #dddbba

Shades

#aaa554 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa554
  2. #99954c
  3. #888443
  4. #77743b
  5. #666332
  6. #55532a
  7. #444222
  8. #333219
  9. #222111
  10. #111108
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa554 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa554
  2. #b3ae65
  3. #bbb776
  4. #c4c087
  5. #ccc998
  6. #d5d2aa
  7. #dddbbb
  8. #e6e4cc
  9. #eeeddd
  10. #f7f6ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa554 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa554
  2. #a6a158
  3. #a29e5d
  4. #9d9a61
  5. #999666
  6. #95936a
  7. #918f6e
  8. #8d8b73
  9. #888777
  10. #84847c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a389 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1a04d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a458 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b59c92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aea250 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a456 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0a07e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa554 {
  color: #aaa554;
}
Background
.bg-aaa554 {
  background-color: #aaa554;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa554 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa554;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa554;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 165 84;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 34% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa554 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa554, #84aa54);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa554 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 165 84 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.25 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.35 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.20 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 8.65 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.71 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.36 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.67 #555aab Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa554  rgb(170, 165, 84)  hsl(57, 34%, 50%)  Brass
#5459aa  rgb(84, 89, 170)  hsl(237, 34%, 50%)  Slate Blue
#54aaa5  rgb(84, 170, 165)  hsl(177, 34%, 50%)  Verdigris
#a554aa  rgb(165, 84, 170)  hsl(297, 34%, 50%)  Purpureus