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#AAA624

#aaa624 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aaa624 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.1% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 78.82% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 58.21°, with 65.05% saturation and 40.39% 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 8.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.23.

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Relative luminance0.3595

Complementary

  1. #aaa624
  2. #2428aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa624
  2. #246baa
  3. #6324aa

Analogous

  1. #aa6324
  2. #aaa624
  3. #6baa24

Triadic

  1. #aaa624
  2. #24aaa6
  3. #a624aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa624
  2. #28aa24
  3. #2428aa
  4. #a624aa

Square

  1. #aaa624
  2. #24aa63
  3. #2428aa
  4. #aa246b

Monochromatic

  1. #2c2b09
  2. #6b6817
  3. #aaa624
  4. #d7d343
  5. #e5e282

Shades

#aaa624 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa624
  2. #999520
  3. #88851d
  4. #777419
  5. #666416
  6. #555312
  7. #44420e
  8. #33320b
  9. #222107
  10. #111104
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa624 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa624
  2. #b3af3a
  3. #bbb850
  4. #c4c166
  5. #ccca7c
  6. #d5d392
  7. #dddba7
  8. #e6e4bd
  9. #eeedd3
  10. #f7f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa624 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa624
  2. #a6a22d
  3. #a29e36
  4. #9d9b40
  5. #999749
  6. #959352
  7. #918f5b
  8. #8d8b64
  9. #88886e
  10. #848477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a382 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a42f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b79b8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a212 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a52b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29f72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa624 {
  color: #aaa624;
}
Background
.bg-aaa624 {
  background-color: #aaa624;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa624 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa624;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa624;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 166 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 65% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa624 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa624, #6baa24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa624 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 166 36 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.23 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.40 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.05 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.78 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.83 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.17 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.61 #5559db Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa624  rgb(170, 166, 36)  hsl(58, 65%, 40%)  Brass
#2428aa  rgb(36, 40, 170)  hsl(238, 65%, 40%)  Imperial Blue
#24aaa6  rgb(36, 170, 166)  hsl(178, 65%, 40%)  Light Sea Green
#a624aa  rgb(166, 36, 170)  hsl(298, 65%, 40%)  Dark Orchid