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#AAA62F

#aaa62f ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa62f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.1% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 72.35% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 58.05°, with 56.68% saturation and 42.55% 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 8.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.69.

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Relative luminance0.3602

Complementary

  1. #aaa62f
  2. #2f33aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa62f
  2. #2f70aa
  3. #692faa

Analogous

  1. #aa692f
  2. #aaa62f
  3. #70aa2f

Triadic

  1. #aaa62f
  2. #2faaa6
  3. #a62faa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa62f
  2. #33aa2f
  3. #2f33aa
  4. #a62faa

Square

  1. #aaa62f
  2. #2faa69
  3. #2f33aa
  4. #aa2f70

Monochromatic

  1. #32310e
  2. #6e6b1e
  3. #aaa62f
  4. #d0cc55
  5. #e1de91

Shades

#aaa62f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa62f
  2. #99952a
  3. #888526
  4. #777421
  5. #66641c
  6. #555318
  7. #444213
  8. #33320e
  9. #222109
  10. #111105
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa62f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa62f
  2. #b3af44
  3. #bbb859
  4. #c4c16d
  5. #ccca82
  6. #d5d397
  7. #dddbac
  8. #e6e4c1
  9. #eeedd5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa62f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa62f
  2. #a6a237
  3. #a29e3f
  4. #9d9b47
  5. #99974f
  6. #959358
  7. #918f60
  8. #8d8b68
  9. #888870
  10. #848478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a383 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49f19 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a438 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b69b8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a224 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a534 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29f74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa62f {
  color: #aaa62f;
}
Background
.bg-aaa62f {
  background-color: #aaa62f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa62f {
  border: 2px solid #aaa62f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa62f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 166 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 57% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa62f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa62f, #70aa2f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa62f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 166 47 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.69 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.91 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.01 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.10 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.89 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.19 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.83 #5559d0 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa62f  rgb(170, 166, 47)  hsl(58, 57%, 43%)  Brass
#2f33aa  rgb(47, 51, 170)  hsl(238, 57%, 43%)  Egyptian Blue
#2faaa6  rgb(47, 170, 166)  hsl(178, 57%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a62faa  rgb(166, 47, 170)  hsl(298, 57%, 43%)  Purpureus